Media content at the end of a communication

• US 8,626,830 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2006
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Original Assignee: XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Goldfarb, David Elliot, Medved, Jonathan William
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thuong
• Assistant Examiner(s): FABBRI, ANTHONY E
• Application Number:
  US11/549,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20070192428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,640 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/200, 709/216, 709/219, 709/224, 709/230
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• 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 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method includes playing a video clip upon the end of a communication between two users. Another method includes playing an audio clip upon the end of a communication between two users. The audio clip may have been downloaded to a device of at least one of the users or it may be selected by a first user for playing on the device of a second user.

Claims

1. A method implementable on a communication device of a user, the method comprising:

initially downloading a video clip to said communication device;

identifying an end of call event between said user and another user; and

playing the video clip by a media player of said communication device in response to said identifying.

2. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said playing comprises playing on a device which is one of:

a soft phone;

a mobile telephone;

a device capable of at least of voice communication, media playing and local storage;

a device capable of at least instant messaging, media playing and local storage; and

a device capable of at least identifying another party of a communication, media playing and local storage.

3. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said playing comprises playing on a device which is one of the following devices:

a mobile telephone, a smart phone, a programmable device, a device that allows instant messaging, a VoIP (voice over internet protocol) device, an outside screen on a laptop, an IP (internet protocol) phone with a media screen, and a caller id pop up on a television.

4. The method according to claim 2 and also comprising storing said video clip on said device.

5. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said conversation is associated with a telephone conversation.

6. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said conversation is an instant messaging conversation.

7. The method according to claim 4 and wherein said video clip is selected by a first user for playing on the device of a second user.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein said playing comprises:

identifying the user associated with said end of call event;

selecting said media content of said identified user for said identified end of call event; and

playing said selected media content.