System and method for providing particularized audible alerts
First Claim
1. A method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
- accessing data indicative of a first plurality of sounds corresponding to a user of a device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the device configured to receive a telephone call;
playing the first plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify a received telephone call being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language;
accessing a telephone number or a subscriber name associated with a calling party of the telephone call;
retrieving data indicative of a second plurality of sounds designating the calling party based on the telephone number or subscriber name; and
playing the second plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the calling party.
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Abstract
A system and method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a transmission or telephone call at a device is described. Data indicative of a first plurality of sounds corresponding to a user of a device configured to receive the transmission or telephone call is accessed, such as from a memory. The first plurality of sounds is played at the device so as to identify a received transmission or telephone call being directed to the user. A telephone number, subscriber name or identifier associated with a transmitting or calling party of the transmission or telephone call is accessed. Data indicative of a second plurality of sounds designating the transmitting or calling party based on the subscriber name, telephone number or identifier is retrieved, such as from a data structure, and the second plurality of sounds is played at the device so as to identify the transmitting or calling party.
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164 Claims
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1. A method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
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accessing data indicative of a first plurality of sounds corresponding to a user of a device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the device configured to receive a telephone call; playing the first plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify a received telephone call being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language; accessing a telephone number or a subscriber name associated with a calling party of the telephone call; retrieving data indicative of a second plurality of sounds designating the calling party based on the telephone number or subscriber name; and playing the second plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
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playing a first plurality of sounds at a device so as to identify a received telephone call being directed to a user of the device; accessing a telephone number or subscriber name associated with a calling party of the telephone call; retrieving data indicative of a second plurality of sounds corresponding to the calling party based on the telephone number or subscriber name, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on a sequence of phonemes associated with the calling party, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language; and playing the second plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
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accessing data indicative of a first plurality of sounds corresponding to a user of a device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the device configured to receive a telephone call; playing the first plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify a received telephone call being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language; accessing an identifier associated with a calling party of the telephone call; retrieving data indicative of a second plurality of sounds designating the calling party based on the identifier; and playing the second plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a transmission at a communication device, the method comprising:
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accessing data indicative of a first plurality of sounds corresponding to a user of a communication device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the communication device configured to receive a transmission; playing the first plurality of sounds at the communication device so as to identify a received transmission being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language; accessing an identifier associated with a transmitting party of the transmission; retrieving data indicative of a second plurality of sounds designating the transmitting party based on the identifier; and playing the second plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the transmitting party. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A method of generating a distinctive auditory alert upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
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accessing a telephone number or subscriber name associated with a calling party of a telephone call; retrieving data indicative of a plurality of sounds designating the calling party based on the telephone number or subscriber name, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the calling party; and playing the plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the calling party, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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102. A method of generating a distinctive auditory alert upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
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accessing a telephone number or subscriber name associated with a calling party of a telephone call; automatically assigning a particular plurality of sounds to correspond to the telephone number or subscriber name of the calling party; and playing the plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the calling party, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on a sequence of phonemes associated with the calling party, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113)
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114. A method of generating a distinctive auditory alert upon receiving a transmission at a communication device, the method comprising:
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accessing an identifier associated with a transmitting party of a transmission; automatically assigning a particular plurality of sounds to correspond to the identifier of the transmitting party; and playing the plurality of sounds at the device so as to identify the transmitting party, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on a sequence of phonemes associated with the transmitting party, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
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120. A system for generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a telephone call, the system comprising:
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data indicative of a first plurality of sounds designating a user of a device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the device configured to receive a telephone call; a sound generator at the device configured to play the first plurality of sounds in a sequence so as to identify a received telephone call being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language; a telephone number module configured to access a telephone number or subscriber name associated with a calling party of the telephone call; and a calling party module configured to provide data indicative of a second plurality of sounds designating the calling party based on the accessed telephone number or subscriber name, wherein the sound generator is further configured to play the second plurality of sounds in a sequence so as to identify the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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129. A system for generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a telephone call, the system comprising:
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a first plurality of sounds indicative of a user of a device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the device configured to receive a telephone call; and a second plurality of sounds indicative of a calling party of the received telephone call, wherein the device is configured to play the first plurality of sounds in a sequence so as to identify the received telephone call being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language, access a telephone number or subscriber name associated with the calling party of the received telephone call, and play the second plurality of sounds in a sequence so as to identify the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (130, 131, 132)
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- 133. A telephonic device comprising means for producing an acoustic representation of a message, the acoustic representation comprising acoustic symbols, the acoustic symbols representing phonemes of a language, wherein the acoustic symbols comprise combinations of sounds, single sounds, and/or silence, and wherein the acoustic symbols are produced in a temporal order consistent with the language, and additionally comprising means for assigning the combinations of sounds or the single sounds to the acoustic symbols, wherein the acoustic representation does not utilize words of a spoken human language.
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143. A method of generating a distinctive auditory alert upon receiving a telephone call at a device, the method comprising:
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accessing data indicative of a plurality of sounds in a sequence corresponding to a user of a device, wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user, the device configured to receive a telephone call; and playing the plurality of sounds in the sequence at the device so as to identify a received telephone call being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150)
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151. A method of generating a distinctive auditory alert upon receiving a transmission at a communication device, the method comprising:
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accessing data indicative of a plurality of sounds in a sequence corresponding to a user of a communication device, the communication device configured to receive a transmission, wherein the plurality of sounds comprises combinations of notes, and wherein the combinations of notes at least partially overlap in time, and wherein the data corresponds to a sequence of phonemes associated with the user; and playing the plurality of sounds in the sequence at the device so as to identify a received transmission being directed to the user, wherein the plurality of sounds are based on the sequence of phonemes, and wherein the sounds do not constitute words of a spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
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