Alerts for communications

• US 9,497,607 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2015
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• 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:
  US14/605,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20150133095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Scores, fight songs, and other sports oriented alerts are provided for electronic communications. Different network addresses may be associated with different sports teams. When a communications request is processed, sports scores and video highlights may be played as ringtones to alert of an email, text, or call.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

processing, by a server, a request for a call from a network address to another network address;

retrieving, by the server, a name of a sports team associated with the another network address;

retrieving, by the server, a filename associated with the name of the sports team;

sending, by the server, the request for the call to the another network address; and

sending, by the server, the filename to accompany the request for the call, the filename associated with a file presented during a wait time as an alert of the call.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying for a score associated with the name of the sports team.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising sending the score to the another network address.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising sending the score to accompany the request for the call.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying for the name of the sports team.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a database that associates different names of sports teams to different network addresses.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a database that associates different filenames to different network addresses.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

processing a request for a call from a network address to another network address;

retrieving a name of a sports team associated with the another network address;

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

sending the request for the call to the another network address; and

sending the filename to accompany the request for the call, the filename for presentation during a wait time as an alert of the call.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise querying for a score associated with the name of the sports team.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise sending the score to the another network address.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise sending the score to accompany the request for the call.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise querying for the name of the sports team.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise storing a database that associates different names of sports teams to different network addresses.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise storing a database that associates different filenames to different network addresses.

15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

processing a request for a call from a network address to another network address;

retrieving a name of a sports team associated with the another network address;

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

sending the request for the call to the another network address; and

sending the filename to accompany the request for the call, the filename for presentation during a wait time as an alert of the call.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise querying for a score associated with the name of the sports team.

17. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise sending the score to the another network address.

18. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise sending the score to accompany the request for the call.

19. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise querying for the name of the sports team.

20. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise storing a database that associates different names of sports teams to different network addresses.