Method and system for updating social networking site with ring back tone information

• US 9,277,050 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2009
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Onmobile Global Limited
• Original Assignee: Onmobile Global Limited
• Inventors: Nanjundaiah, Vinay, Babu, Harish, Nagaraju, Rohith Koranapalli, Jajodia, Anchal Ramgopal, Anand, Abhinav, Sreekar, Venkatesh, Kundu, Alapan
• Primary Examiner(s): GREENE, JOSEPH L
• Application Number:
  US12/616,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20100255812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,301 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking messaging within social networks H04L51/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server

Abstract

A method for providing access to a socio-RBT service is provided. The socio-RBT service enables updating social networking website profile of a user with RBT related information of the user. The method enables, firstly, receiving socio-RBT subscription information from the user. The socio-RBT subscription information comprises at least one unique identifier of the user. Secondly, the method enables verifying one or more predetermined conditions related to the user. The one or more predetermined conditions facilitate to determine if the user is eligible to access the socio-RBT service. Further, the method enables mapping the unique identifier of the user with a unique identifier of the user'"'"'s social networking website profile. The method further enables obtaining RBT subscription information corresponding to the mapped unique identifier of the user. The method enables, finally, updating RBT related information on the social networking website profile of the user corresponding to the RBT subscription information.

Claims

1. A method for providing access to a webpage update service, wherein the webpage update service enables updating a user webpage with RBT related information of the user, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving webpage update subscription information from the user, wherein the webpage update subscription information comprises at least one unique identifier of the user and information identifying a website at which the user is registered;

verifying one or more predetermined conditions related to the user, wherein the predetermined conditions facilitate a determination if the user is eligible to access the webpage update service;

mapping the unique identifier of the user with a unique identifier of the user'"'"'s webpage;

obtaining RBT subscription information corresponding to the unique identifier of the user, said RBT subscription information including RBT related information; and

modifying profile information mapped to the unique identifier of the user'"'"'s webpage, by including a status descriptor for display on a network communication device accessing the user'"'"'s webpage, wherein content of the displayed status descriptor is descriptive of content of the user'"'"'s RBT.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier of the user comprises at least one of:

the user'"'"'s Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of verifying one or more predetermined conditions further comprises determining if the user is a RBT subscriber.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising registering the user to a RBT service in case the user is not a RBT subscriber.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising facilitating other users of the webpage update service to access and copy the RBT related information from the user'"'"'s webpage.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising subscribing other users to the webpage update service in case the other users are not subscribed to the webpage update service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the RBT subscription information comprises at least one of:

a unique identifier associated with RBT selected by the user and RBT statistics information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein RBT related information comprises at least one of:

RBT selected by user and emoticon and/or emotions based on the RBT selected by the user.

9. A computer program product for providing access to a webpage update service, wherein the webpage update service enables updating a user webpage with RBT related information of the user, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer program code comprising instructions for:

receiving webpage update subscription information from the user, wherein the webpage update subscription information comprises at least one unique identifier of the user and information identifying a website at which the user is registered;

verifying one or more predetermined conditions related to the user, wherein the predetermined conditions facilitate a determination if the user is eligible to access the webpage update service;

mapping the unique identifier of the user with a unique identifier of the user'"'"'s webpage;

obtaining RBT subscription information corresponding to the unique identifier of the user, said RBT subscription information including RBT related information; and

modifying profile information mapped to the unique identifier of the user'"'"'s webpage, by including a status descriptor for display on a network communication device accessing the user'"'"'s webpage, wherein content of the displayed status descriptor is descriptive of content of the user'"'"'s RBT.