Personal ring tone message indicator

• US 7,436,949 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2006
• Issued: 10/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mavenir Ltd. (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Comverse Limited (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Weiner, Moshe
• Primary Examiner(s): SINGH, RAMNANDAN P
• Application Number:
  US11/464,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20070047723A1
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 379/373.03
• US Class Current: 379/373.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q

Abstract

A system and method of message indicating that enable the sender of a message to chose the ringing tone of the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone upon arrival of the sender'"'"'s message. The sender has the ability to either choose or create the ringing tone to be played on the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone. The sender also has the ability to create either SMS or multimedia messages to be sent with the ringing tone. The ringing tones may also be chosen or downloaded from Internet sites.

Claims

1. A message indicating system in which a sender sends a message to a receiver, comprising:

a server operable to create a message and operable to store a plurality of different message indicating ringing tones,

wherein the message includes a first part corresponding to the message indicating ringing tone and a second part corresponding to a content of the message intended for the receiver, and

wherein a message indicating ringing tone selected by a sender is played automatically by a receiving unit of a receiver when the message created by the server arrives at the receiving unit.

2. The message indicating system of claim 1, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a cellular telephone.

3. The message indicating system of claim 1, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a personal computer.

4. The message indicating system of claim 1, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a fixed telephone line device.

5. The message indicating system of claim 1, wherein the server is a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) multimedia messaging server;

and

wherein the message created by the sender using the MMS multimedia server is a multimedia message.

6. The message indicating system of claim 5, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a cellular telephone.

7. The message indicating system of claim 5, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a personal computer.

8. The message indicating system of claim 5, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a fixed telephone line device.

9. The message indicating system of claim 1, wherein the server is a Short Messaging Service (SMS) messaging server;

and

wherein the message created by the sender using the SMS messaging server is a SMS message.

10. The message indicating system of claim 9, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a cellular telephone.

11. The message indicating system of claim 9, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a personal computer.

12. The message indicating system of claim 9, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a fixed telephone line device.

13. The message indicating system of claim 1, wherein the server is operable to create and edit message indicating ringing tones.

14. The message indicating system of claim 13, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a cellular telephone.

15. The message indicating system of claim 13, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a personal computer.

16. The message indicating system of claim 13, wherein the sender accesses the message indicating system using a fixed telephone line device.

17. The message indicating system of claim 13, wherein the sender creates the message indicating ringing tone using a source exterior to the message indicating system.

18. The message indicating system of claim 13, wherein the message indicating ringing tone created by the sender is downloaded via an Internet connection to the server.