Patent ID: 7050573
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A ring tones output method for a portable telephone terminal that conducts radio communication with another telephone station, said portable telephone terminal having a speaker incorporating a music data or speech data reproduction function and accepting a removable memory card containing music data of a musical program, said ring tones output method comprising the steps of: storing ring tones for use in a first mode according to predetermined data included in previously prepared data for ring tones in response to an incoming call from another telephone station; auditioning the musical program contained in the memory card using the music data reproduction function by the user listening to the musical program over the speaker; creating a melody index of a start address and a stop address of a portion of the auditioned musical program selected by a user by first clicking an operation means at a start time of a selected portion of the musical program and next clicking the operation means at a stop time of the selected portion of the musical program; storing the created melody index in a reproduction function section of the portable telephone terminal; upon receiving an incoming call, checking whether the melody index has been stored; upon determining that the melody index is present, outputting the selected portion of the auditioned musical program over the speaker in a second mode by accessing the melody index stored in the reproduction function section of said portable telephone terminal; and upon determining that the melody index is not present, outputting the stored ring tones over the speaker in the first mode.