Patent ID: 9300794
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a universal address book server, from a first communication device of a called party, a query specifying a caller address associated with an incoming communication directed to the first communication device of the called party, the universal address book server comprising a processor and an address book of the called party, the address book of the called party comprising a first contact associated with a first ringtone and a group associated with a second ringtone, the group comprising a second contact and a third contact, wherein the first contact is further associated with a first plurality of addresses, the second contact is associated with a second plurality of addresses, and the third contact is associated with a third plurality of addresses; determining, by the universal address book server, that none of the first plurality of addresses associated with the first contact of the address book of the called party matches the caller address associated with the incoming communication directed to the first communication device of the called party; determining that one of the second plurality of addresses associated with the second contact of the group of the address book of the called party matches the caller address associated with the incoming communication directed to the first communication device of the called party; in response to determining that an address of the second plurality of addresses associated with the second contact of the group of the address book of the called party matches the caller address associated with the incoming communication directed to the first communication device of the called party, detecting, by the universal address book server, a change in a local copy of information related to the first ringtone associated with the first contact stored on a second communication device of the called party; and in response to detecting the change in the local copy of the information related to the first ringtone associated with the first contact stored on the second communication device of the called party,