Server-coordinated ringtones
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a network infrastructure element, an incoming message directed to a user who is associated with a first telecommunications terminal and with a second telecommunications terminal;
determining, by the network infrastructure element, a first alert-mode value and a second alert-mode value that are both based on whether audible notification of incoming messages is in effect at the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the first alert-mode value and the second alert-mode value each indicates an alert mode that is to be used at the first telecommunications terminal and the second telecommunications terminal, respectively, in notifying the user of the incoming message; and
transmitting, by the network infrastructure element, i) the first alert-mode value to the first telecommunications terminal and ii) the second alert-mode value to the second telecommunications terminal.
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling multiple telecommunications terminals that are associated with a common user to notify their user of the arrival of an incoming message via a ringtone, where the ringtone is: (i) coordinated across the terminals, and (ii) customized for each terminal based on one or more attributes of the terminal. In particular, in the illustrative embodiments a network infrastructure element (e.g., a switch, a wireless base station, a server, etc.) that receives a message directed to a telecommunications terminal sets the values of one or more properties of a ringtone (e.g., tempo, timbre, pitch, rhythm, etc.) based on one or more attributes of the telecommunications terminal (e.g., terminal type, etc.).
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a network infrastructure element, an incoming message directed to a user who is associated with a first telecommunications terminal and with a second telecommunications terminal; determining, by the network infrastructure element, a first alert-mode value and a second alert-mode value that are both based on whether audible notification of incoming messages is in effect at the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the first alert-mode value and the second alert-mode value each indicates an alert mode that is to be used at the first telecommunications terminal and the second telecommunications terminal, respectively, in notifying the user of the incoming message; and transmitting, by the network infrastructure element, i) the first alert-mode value to the first telecommunications terminal and ii) the second alert-mode value to the second telecommunications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a network infrastructure element, a message directed to a user who is associated with a first telecommunications terminal and with a second telecommunications terminal, wherein the user has activated a non-acoustic alert mode at the first telecommunications terminal; setting, by the network infrastructure element, a first alert-mode value for the second telecommunications terminal that is consistent with the non-acoustic alert mode activated by the user at the first telecommunications terminal, wherein the first alert-mode value is to be used by the second telecommunications terminal in alerting the user of the message; and transmitting, by the network infrastructure element, the first alert-mode value to the second telecommunications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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