Generating a wireless device ringtone

• US 8,897,840 B1
• Filed: 05/17/2011
• Issued: 11/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Narendran, Rajveen, Wurtenberger, Andrew, Hyde, Caleb, Halferty, Clark
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH
• Application Number:
  US13/109,279
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 381/98, 381101-103, 381/61, 381/316, 381/312, 381/320, 704/260, 704/225, 704/271, 704/503, 455/90.1, 455/550.1, 455/39, 455/567, 455/62, 455/63.1, 379/179
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

A plurality of frequencies are generated at a wireless device and a frequency which a user perceives as the loudest frequency is determined. A first frequency range is selected comprising a first minimum frequency and a first maximum frequency. A ringtone is processed to shift the second frequency range to within the first frequency range, wherein an average frequency of the processed ringtone is the determined loudest frequency.

Claims

1. A method of generating a ringtone, comprising:

generating a plurality of frequencies and providing the plurality of frequencies for a user at a wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of frequencies is provided within a threshold amount of a uniform sound pressure level;

determining a minimum sound pressure level audible by the user at each of the plurality of frequencies, and determining a frequency corresponding with the lowest minimum audible sound pressure level;

determining a frequency which the user perceives as the loudest frequency from among the plurality of frequencies based on an input received at the wireless device;

selecting based on the determined frequency a first frequency range comprising a first minimum frequency and a first maximum frequency;

receiving at the wireless device a ringtone in a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range comprises a second minimum frequency and a second maximum frequency;

processing the received ringtone at a network computing node to shift the second frequency range of the received ringtone within the first frequency range, wherein an average frequency of the processed ringtone is the determined loudest frequency, and further wherein the second minimum frequency is shifted to be greater than or equal to the first minimum frequency and the second maximum frequency is shifted to be less than or equal to the first maximum frequency; and

sending the processed ringtone with the average frequency being the determined loudest frequency to the wireless device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated plurality of frequencies further comprises musical tones having relationships among the musical tones that determine a musical key of the plurality of frequencies.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the received ringtone is in a first musical key and the processed ringtone is in a second musical key that preserves the relationships among the musical tones of the first musical key.

2. A method of generating a ringtone, comprising:

generating a plurality of frequencies at a wireless device;

determining a plurality of frequencies which a user perceives as the loudest frequencies at substantially the same sound pressure level from among the plurality of frequencies;

selecting for each of the determined frequencies a frequency range comprising a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency;

providing the determined frequencies and selected frequency ranges to a ringtone generator in a network computing node;

generating at the ringtone generator a ringtone comprising a plurality of frequencies from within the selected frequency ranges of each of the determined frequencies; and

sending the generated ringtone with the selected frequency ranges to the wireless device.

3. A method of generating a ringtone, comprising:

receiving at a wireless device a selected first ringtone in a first musical key;

generating a plurality of transposed ringtones in a plurality of transposed musical keys which are different than the first musical key, wherein the transposed musical keys and the first musical key are generated at substantially the same sound pressure level;

determining a ringtone which a user perceives as the loudest ringtone from among the first ringtone in the first musical key and the transposed ringtones in the transposed musical keys;

determining the musical key of the determined loudest ringtone;

receiving at the wireless device a second ringtone in a second musical key; and

automatically transposing the second ringtone to the determined musical key while preserving relationships among ringtone frequencies of the second ringtone.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the relationships among ringtone frequencies comprise relative frequency ratios between musical tones.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the transposing of the second ringtone occurs at a network computing node.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the generating of the plurality of transposed ringtones occurs at a network computing node.