Method and system for representing multimedia ring tone for IM
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a Multimedia Ring Tone (MRT) for an Instant Message (IM), comprising:
- setting for a user, in an Instant Message Application Server (IM-AS), an MRT presenting rule of the IM;
when the IM-AS receives the IM from the user, and determines, according to the MRT presenting rule of the IM, that an MRT needs to be presented to a receiver of the IM, selecting, by the IM-AS, an MRT to be presented from MRT resources of the user, and sending, by the IM-AS, address information of the MRT to be presented in a Resource Server (RS) along with the IM to the IM receiver; and
downloading, by the IM receiver, the MRT from the RS according to the address information of the MRT resources; and
presenting, by the IM receiver, the MRT.
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Abstract
A method and system for presenting an MRT for an IM is provided. In an Instant Messaging Application Server (IM-AS), an MRT presenting rule of the IM is set for a user; when the IM-AS receives an IM from the user, the IM-AS determines, according to the MRT presenting rule of the IM, whether an MRT is to be presented for a receiver of the IM, selects an MRT to be presented from MRT resources of the user when the MRT needs to be presented, and sends address information of the MRT to be presenting in a Resource Server (RS) along with the IM to the IM receiver; and the IM receiver downloads the MRT from the RS according to the address information and presents the MRT.
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1. A method for presenting a Multimedia Ring Tone (MRT) for an Instant Message (IM), comprising:
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setting for a user, in an Instant Message Application Server (IM-AS), an MRT presenting rule of the IM; when the IM-AS receives the IM from the user, and determines, according to the MRT presenting rule of the IM, that an MRT needs to be presented to a receiver of the IM, selecting, by the IM-AS, an MRT to be presented from MRT resources of the user, and sending, by the IM-AS, address information of the MRT to be presented in a Resource Server (RS) along with the IM to the IM receiver; and downloading, by the IM receiver, the MRT from the RS according to the address information of the MRT resources; and
presenting, by the IM receiver, the MRT. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12)
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6. A system for presenting a Multimedia Ring Tone (MRT) for an Instant Message (IM), comprising:
- a setting unit, a first receiving unit, a determining unit, a selecting unit, a sending unit, a second receiving unit and an MRT presenting unit, wherein
the setting unit is configured to set for a user, in an Instant Message Application Server (IM-AS), an MRT presenting rule of the IM; the first receiving unit is located in the IM-AS and is configured to receive the IM from the user; the determining unit is located in the IM-AS and is configured to trigger the selecting unit when determining according to the MRT presenting rule of the IM that the MRT needs to be presented; the selecting unit is located in the IM-AS and is configured to select an MRT to be presented from the MRT resources of the user; the sending unit is located in the IM-AS and is configured to send address information of the MRT to be presented in an Resource Server (RS) along with the IM to an IM receiver; the second receiving unit is located in the IM receiver and is configured to receive the address information of the MRT to be presented and the IM; the MRT presenting unit is located in the IM receiver and is configured to download the MRT from the RS according to the address information of the MRT resources and to represent the MRT. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14)
- a setting unit, a first receiving unit, a determining unit, a selecting unit, a sending unit, a second receiving unit and an MRT presenting unit, wherein
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