Patent ID: 7356132
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: inputting tunes from an external storage device to a telephone; selecting the tunes to correlate with caller identification information; receiving caller identification information for an incoming telephone call; correlating a tune stored outside of internal memory with the caller identification information; determining that the caller identification information is associated with a tune, and playing the tune from a location outside of internal memory as a notification of the incoming telephone call from the caller associated with the caller identification information; providing a default tune when no tune is associated with the caller identification information; providing a standard ring tone when no caller identification information is received with the incoming telephone call; and wherein the tune is stored in memory external to the internal memory; wherein the external memory is located remotely from an apparatus housing the internal memory; wherein playing the tune as notification of the incoming telephone call from the caller associated with the caller identification information is performed by a tune master telephone configured to play tunes; wherein the correlating a tune with the caller identification information further comprises accessing a table stored in memory of a telephone having a list of tunes associated with caller identification information; wherein the correlating a tune with the caller identification information further comprises accessing a telephone configured to include tunes associated with the caller identification information from a location outside internal memory that includes at least one of a CD-ROM, DVD, tape, cassette, floppy disk, memory card, or remotely located storage; and wherein the selecting the tunes to correlate with the caller identification information further comprises programming a telephone with tunes from a pre-programmed category of tunes provided by the telephone.