Patent ID: 7620427
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for providing a video file to a wireless telephone for use as an indicia of an incoming communication, the system comprising: a remote computer with access to a database of video files suitable for downloading to the wireless telephone wherein the remote computer is configured to: provide a list of video files in the database to a user of the wireless telephone when the user requests the list of video files; allow the user of the wireless telephone to browse the list of video files; allow the user of the wireless telephone to select a desired video file from the list of video files: and allow the user of the wireless telephone to optionally download a selected video file into the wireless telephone for future use as an indicia of the incoming communication; wherein the remote computer is further configured to provide the user of the wireless telephone with an option of modifying the selected video file before programming the selected video file into the programmable memory in the wireless telephone; wherein the modifying of the selected video file includes modifying an audio portion of the video file; wherein the modifying of the selected video file includes modifying a video portion of the video file; wherein the remote computer is further configured to: determine one or more file formats compatible with the wireless telephone; and provide the selected video file to wireless telephone in a compatible format; wherein the remote computer is further configured to: compare the format of the selected video file with the one or more file formats compatible with the wireless telephone; and convert the format of the selected video file to one of the one or more file formats compatible with the wireless telephone.