Patent ID: 8406797
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting alert tone information between a wireless device and a server in a push-to-talk system on a wireless telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: displaying a predefined set of alert tones at the wireless device, the predefined set resident on the wireless device and each alert tone in the predefined set being identified by an alert tone code; receiving an indication of a selected alert tone at the wireless device, the selected alert tone associated with a user of the wireless device, wherein the indication of the selected alert tone will be transmitted from the wireless device to the server via the push-to-talk system; selecting at the wireless device the alert tone code corresponding to the indication of the selected alert tone; transmitting the alert tone code along with a first audio message from the wireless device to the server via a push-to-talk communication channel; storing an association of the alert tone code and the wireless device in memory at the wireless device where the selected alert tone is selected; retrieving the stored association from the memory for use with at least one subsequent transmission; and transmitting the alert tone code along with a second audio message from the wireless device to the server via the push-to-talk communication channel based on the retrieved association.