Method and system of creating customized ringtones
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1. A system for providing a customized ringtone to a phone, the system comprising:
- a kiosk configured to receive a phone number of a phone and to record a sample recording; and
a server configured to receive the phone number from the kiosk, to use the phone number to determine ringtone capabilities of the phone, to determine user selectable synthesizing options available for synthesizing the sample recording based on the ringtone capabilities of the phone, and to provide information indicative of the available user selectable synthesizing options to the kiosk;
the kiosk further configured to display a user interface having the available user selectable synthesizing options for a user of the phone to select, the kiosk further configured to create a synthesized version of the sample recording using the user selectable synthesizing options selected by the user and to transmit the synthesized version of the sample recording to the server;
the server further configured to convert the synthesized version of the sample recording to a customized ringtone and to transmit the customized ringtone to the phone for use by the phone in alerting the user of incoming phone calls.
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Abstract
Method and system of customizing ringtones. The method and system including features to facilitate synthesizing a sample recording and converting the synthesized sample recording to a customized ringtone suitable for use with a phone.
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1. A system for providing a customized ringtone to a phone, the system comprising:
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a kiosk configured to receive a phone number of a phone and to record a sample recording; and a server configured to receive the phone number from the kiosk, to use the phone number to determine ringtone capabilities of the phone, to determine user selectable synthesizing options available for synthesizing the sample recording based on the ringtone capabilities of the phone, and to provide information indicative of the available user selectable synthesizing options to the kiosk; the kiosk further configured to display a user interface having the available user selectable synthesizing options for a user of the phone to select, the kiosk further configured to create a synthesized version of the sample recording using the user selectable synthesizing options selected by the user and to transmit the synthesized version of the sample recording to the server; the server further configured to convert the synthesized version of the sample recording to a customized ringtone and to transmit the customized ringtone to the phone for use by the phone in alerting the user of incoming phone calls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing a customized ringtone to, a phone the method comprising:
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receiving a phone number of a phone at a kiosk; recording media signals into a sample recording at the kiosk; receiving the phone number from the kiosk at a server; using the phone number at the server to determine ringtone capabilities of the phone; determining at the server user selectable synthesizing options available for synthesizing the sample recording based on the ringtone capabilities of the phone; providing information indicative of the available user selectable synthesizing options from the server to the kiosk; displaying at the kiosk a user interface having the available user selectable synthesizing options for a user of the phone to select; creating at the kiosk a synthesized version of the sample recording using the user selectable synthesizing options selected by the user; transmitting the synthesized version of the sample recording from the kiosk to the server;
converting the synthesized version of the sample recording at the server to a customized ringtone; andtransmitting the customized ringtone from the server to the phone for use by the phone in alerting the user of incoming phone calls.
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8. A kiosk for use in providing a customized ringtone to a phone the kiosk comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a phone number of a phone, to use the phone number to determine ringtone capabilities of the phone, and to determine user selectable synthesizing options available for synthesizing the sample recording based on the ringtone capabilities of the phone; a recorder configured to record media signals into a sample recording; a user interface displaying the available user selectable synthesizing options for a user of the phone to select; a synthesizer configured to synthesize the sample recording using the user selectable synthesizing options selected by the user; and a communication feature configured to transmit the phone number and the synthesized sample recording to a server for the server to convert the synthesized sample recording to a customized ringtone for use by the phone in alerting the user of incoming phone calls. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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