Methods, systems, devices, and products for providing alerts for communications

• US 8,972,559 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2004
• 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: Sutcliffe, Geoff
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US13/737,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products provide alerts to a communications device. Sports scores may be associated to alerts, ringtones, and filenames. As communications are processed, a sports score may determine an alert.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

processing a communication request for a call from a calling address to a called address;

retrieving a name of a sports team from a profile associated with the calling address;

retrieving a score associated with the name of the sports team;

retrieving a filename of an alert associated with the score;

sending the communications request for the call to the called address; and

sending the filename to accompany the communication request for presentation during a wait time at a called device associated with the called address to alert of the call and the score.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise querying for the score.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise storing a database that associates sports scores to alerts.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the profile.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise associating the calling address to the profile.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise associating the called address to the profile.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a selection of the filename.

8. A method, comprising:

generating, by a mobile device, a communication request for a call from a calling address to a called address;

retrieving, from memory of the mobile device, a name of a sports team;

retrieving, by the mobile device, a score associated with the name of the sports team;

querying the memory for the score;

retrieving from the memory a filename of an alert associated with the score;

sending, from the mobile device, the communications request to the called address; and

sending the filename from the mobile device to accompany the communication request for presentation during a wait time at a called device associated with the called address to alert of the communications request and the score.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising querying for the score.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising storing a database in the memory of the mobile device that associates sports scores filenames of alerts.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the calling address.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the called address.

13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising receiving a selection of the filename associated with the score.

14. A computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

generating a communication request for a call from a calling address to a called address;

retrieving a name of a sports team;

retrieving a score associated with the sports team;

querying for the score;

retrieving a filename an indication of an alert associated with the score;

sending the communications request to the called address; and

sending the filename to accompany the communication request for presentation during a wait time at a called device associated with the called address to alert of the communications request and the score.

15. The computer readable memory according to claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise querying for the score.

16. The computer readable memory according to claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise storing a database that associates sports scores to indications of alerts.

17. The computer readable memory according to claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a profile associated with the calling address.

18. The computer readable memory according to claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a profile associated with the called address.

19. The computer readable memory according to claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a selection of the filename associated with the score.

20. The computer readable memory according to claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the filename from a server.