Method and system of creating customized ringtones

• US 8,548,531 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Small, David B., Chandra, Nalesh
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, PABLO N
• Application Number:
  US13/687,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20130090099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 455/567, 455/414.1, 455/414.4, 455/415, 455418-420, 4554121-4122
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

A custom ringtone provisioning device is configured to determine user selectable audio options available for generating a digital audio recording based on ringtone capabilities of a mobile communication device of a user, display the available user selectable audio options for the user to select, generate the digital audio recording using the user selectable audio options selected by the user, and transmit the generated digital audio recording to a server for the server to convert the generated digital audio recording into a customized ringtone for use by the mobile communication device in alerting the user of incoming communications.

Claims

1. A system for providing a customized ringtone, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving information identifying a device intended to receive the customized ringtone generated from a sample recording,

determining capabilities of the device based on the information identifying the device,

determining a synthesizing option available to facilitate synthesizing the sample recording based on the capabilities of the device,

providing the synthesizing option for synthesizing the sample recording,

receiving a synthesized version of the sample recording, and

converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory stores further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising transmitting the customized ringtone to the device for use by the device in alerting of an incoming call.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone is based on the capabilities of the device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone comprises manipulating the synthesized version of the sample recording from a first format to a second format to create the customized ringtone, wherein the capabilities of the device indicate that the second format is suitable for use by the device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the synthesizing option comprises a sound adjustment to the sample recording.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the synthesizing option comprises a visual adjustment to the sample recording.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the capabilities of the device comprise ringtone capabilities, application capabilities, and subscription related features.

8. A method for providing a customized ringtone, the method comprising:

receiving, at a processor, information identifying a device intended to receive the customized ringtone generated from a sample recording;

determining, by the processor, capabilities of the device based on the information identifying the device;

determining, by the processor, a synthesizing option available to facilitate synthesizing the sample recording based on the capabilities of the device;

providing, by the processor, the synthesizing option for synthesizing the sample recording;

receiving, by the processor, a synthesized version of the sample recording; and

converting, by the processor, the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the customized ringtone to the device for use by the device in alerting of an incoming call.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone is based on the capabilities of the device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone comprises manipulating the synthesized version of the sample recording from a first format to a second format to create the customized ringtone, wherein the capabilities of the device indicate that the second format is suitable for use by the device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the synthesizing option comprises a sound adjustment to the sample recording.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the synthesizing option comprises a visual adjustment to the sample recording.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the capabilities of the device comprise ringtone capabilities, application capabilities, and subscription related features.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving information identifying a device intended to receive a customized ringtone generated from a sample recording;

determining capabilities of the device based on the information identifying the device;

determining a synthesizing option available to facilitate synthesizing the sample recording based on the capabilities of the device;

providing the synthesizing option for synthesizing the sample recording;

receiving a synthesized version of the sample recording; and

converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, storing further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising transmitting the customized ringtone to the device for use by the device in alerting of an incoming call.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone is based on the capabilities of the device.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein converting the synthesized version of the sample recording to the customized ringtone comprises manipulating the synthesized version of the sample recording from a first format to a second format to create the customized ringtone, wherein the capabilities of the device indicate that the second format is suitable for use by the device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the synthesizing option comprises at least one of a sound adjustment to the sample recording or a visual adjustment to the sample recording.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the capabilities of the device comprise ringtone capabilities, application capabilities, and subscription related features.