Patent ID: 8588863
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A device that plays sounds and is used with a cellular telephone, the device comprising: a substantially rectangular planar shell having electric terminals on one side that are electrically connectable to electric terminals on a cellular telephone; a battery powering the cellular telephone, the battery electrically connected to the electrical connectors of the planar shell, a sound generating device located inside the shell and electrically connected to the electrical connectors of the planar shell, and a memory for storing a sound file; wherein the sound generating device is triggered to play sound associated with the sound file upon detection of a signal from the cellular telephone to the battery generated by a telephone call by the cellular telephone, and wherein the sound generating device is also triggered to play the sound associated with the sound file upon detection of a signal from the cellular telephone to the battery generated by an event at the cellular telephone other than a telephone call.