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Patent US20050207556 - Calling party ringtone selection in telephone system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA ringtone system is provided to a called party that wishes to have a particular ringtone annunciated for each of several types of calls from calling parties. In the ringtone system, for a call from a calling party, the calling party is prompted to identify the type of the call. The type of the call...http://www.google.com/patents/US20050207556?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050207556 - Calling party ringtone selection in telephone systemAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS20050207556 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/129,873Publication dateSep 22, 2005Filing dateMay 16, 2005Priority dateOct 28, 2002Also published asUS6901139, US7450709, US8139745, US8204201, US8515046, US20040081305, US20050180554, US20090046844, US20120219141, WO2004040920A1Publication number11129873, 129873, US 2005/0207556 A1, US 2005/207556 A1, US 20050207556 A1, US 20050207556A1, US 2005207556 A1, US 2005207556A1, US-A1-20050207556, US-A1-2005207556, US2005/0207556A1, US2005/207556A1, US20050207556 A1, US20050207556A1, US2005207556 A1, US2005207556A1InventorsValois Gonzalez, Douglas AlstonOriginal AssigneeBellsouth Intellectual Property CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (12), Referenced by (121), Classifications (22), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetCalling party ringtone selection in telephone system
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0014] Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals are used to indicate like elements throughout, there is shown in FIG. 2 a ringtone system 10 for providing a ringtone service that identifies each of several different types of calls to a called party 12 from any calling party 14 by presenting a particular ringtone or other annunciation to the called party based on the type of call. Typically, the ringtone system 10 is implemented as a service to the called party 14 by the telephone service provider 16 of the called party 14, and is at least partially implemented at an SSP 105 or central office administered by the telephone service provider 16. The ringtone system 10 may be AIN-based or non-AIN based without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0015] Notably, and as mentioned above, a ringtone is merely one category of annunciation that may be employed. In fact, any other category of annunciation may also be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the annunciation may be any sort of sound including bells, whistles, spoken material, etc., any sort of visual presentation including lights of one or more colors and or sequences, etc., or the like. Significantly, the annunciation or ringtone, whatever it may be (hereinafter, ‘ringtone’), has the effect of alerting the called party to the call and the called party may thereby decide to answer same. [0016] Also notably, and as also mentioned above, the ringtone may be generated by at an end office/central office/switching center or the like or may be generated at the telephone or the like in response to a ringtone generation command from an end office/central office/switching center or the like without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0017] In one embodiment of the present invention, when a calling party 12 calls a called party 14, the ringtone system 10 determines what type the call may be classified as and based on the type of call presents the called party 14 with a ringtone corresponding to such type of call. Note that each type of call may be any type of call without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and may be defined by the called party 14 and/or the ringtone system 10. For example, the types of calls may include normal calls, urgent calls, emergency calls, non-urgent calls, calls from relatives and/or friends, calls from business associates, calls from strangers, calls from telemarketers, calls from solicitors, and the like. [0018] Correspondingly, each corresponding ringtone may be any appropriate ringtone without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and may be defined by the called party 14 and/or the ringtone system 10. For example, the ringtone for a normal call may be a normal trill or warble, while the ringtone for an emergency or urgent call may be an extended trill and the ringtone for a non-emergency or non-urgent call may be a shortened trill. Similarly, the ringtone for calls from relatives and/or friends and/or business associates may include a crescendo sound while the ringtone for calls from strangers, telemarketers, solicitors, and the like may include a doom sound. Accordingly, and based on the ringtone presented with a particular call, the called party 14 may have an opportunity to decide to answer the call based on the type of the call as represented by the ringtone presented for such call. [0019] In the case where the called party 14 defines the ringtone for each type of call, such called party 14 may so define and modify the ringtones in any appropriate manner without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, each called party 14 may define or have defined therefor a corresponding list 18 of the ringtones and corresponding types of calls by way of a computer connected to the ringtone system 10 over a network such as the Internet (not shown), or may define the list 18 by accessing the ringtone system 10 over the telephone network by way of a specified telephone number. Likewise, the ringtones themselves may be defined by the called party 14 and/or may be selected by the called party 14 from pre-defined ringtones established by the telephone service provider 16 and/or the ringtone system 10. [0020] In one embodiment of the present invention, ringtone system 10 itself determines the type of a particular call, at least in some instances. For example, the ringtone system 10 may determine from available information that a call is coming from a doctor, a hospital, a police station, or the like, and automatically identify the call as an emergency call. Similarly, the ringtone system 10 may determine from available information that a call is coming in from a long distance during the dinner hour from behind a private switch and automatically identify the call as coming from a stranger, a solicitor, or a telemarketer. [0021] In one embodiment of the present invention, the ringtone system 10 determines that a call is from a calling party 12 previously identified by the called party 14 as being a friend or acquaintance, and automatically identifies the call as coming therefrom. To enable such a situation, it may be that each called party 14 can define a corresponding list 20 of privileged calling parties 12, again by way of a computer connected to the ringtone system 10 over a network such as the Internet (not shown), or by accessing the ringtone system 10 over the telephone network by way of a specified telephone number. [0022] Such list 20 may be based on the telephone number or telephone numbers of each privileged calling party 12, and may specify a type of call for the privileged calling party 12. Alternatively, being on the list 20 may in itself type the call in a particular manner. Thus, the telephone number of the calling party 12 as presented to the telephone service provider 16 of the called party 14 may be forwarded to the ringtone system 10 and compared to the list 20 of the called party 14 to determine whether the calling party 12 has been specified by the called party 12 as being privileged, and if so a corresponding ringtone may be presented to the called party. Of course, the list 20 may be based on indicia other than the telephone number of the calling party 12 without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0023] In the instance where the ringtone system 10 cannot or does not determine a particular type of a call from a calling party 12, the ringtone system 10 may prompt the calling party 12 to identify such a type, perhaps by an audio prompt, and the calling party 12 may identify the type of the call, perhaps by keying in a menu selection on a telephone keypad. Notably, if the calling party 14 refuses to identify a type for the call, the ringtone system 10 may choose to type the call in a predetermined manner, such as of a low priority, or may choose to refuse to put the call through. As may be appreciated, such handling may be defined by the calling party 14. [0024] In one embodiment of the present invention, and referring now to FIG. 3, a method for processing a call from a calling party 12 to a called party 14 by way of the ringtone system 10 and the list 20 is as follows: [0025] The process begins when a calling party 12 places a call to a called party 14 at a telephone service provider 16, where the called party 14 subscribes to the ringtone system 10 and may maintain the lists 18 and/or 20 such as were set forth above (step 301). In the normal course, the call is routed to the telephone service provider 18 of the called party 14 (step 303), where it is noted by way of a trigger or the like that the called party 14 subscribes to the ringtone system 10 (step 305). Accordingly, and in accordance with the ringtone system 10, the call is examined to determine a type therefor (step 307). [0026] In particular, the ringtone system 10 may determine whether the type of the call can be identified by from available information (step 307 a). If so, the typed call is processed, and if not, the ringtone system 10 determines whether the call is from a calling party 12 previously identified by the called party 14 in the list 20 for such called party 14 (step 307 b). If so, the call is typed according to the calling party 12 being on the list 20 and is processed, and if not, the ringtone system 10 prompts the calling party 12 to identify such a type, perhaps by an audio prompt (step 307 c). If the calling party 12 identifies the type of the call, perhaps by keying in a menu selection on a telephone keypad, the typed call is processed, and if not, the ringtone system 10 un-typed call is processed by being typed in a particular manner, such as for example of a low priority, or by being terminated (step 309). [0027] In any event, once the ringtone system 10 types a call, the typed call is processed by determining from the list 18 for the called party 14 a particular ringtone to be employed to annunciate the call to the called party 14 by way of a telephone or the like thereof (step 311). Thereafter, the ringtone system 10 puts the call through to the called party 14 with the particular ringtone (step 313). In the case where the ringtone is generated by the end office, central office, switching center, or the like associated with the called party 14, the ringtone system 10 sends a ringtone generation command to such end office, central office, switching center, or the like to generate the ringtone, and in the case where the ringtone is generated at the telephone or the like, the ringtone system 10 sends the ringtone generation command to the telephone of the called party 14 by way of such end office, central office, switching center, or the like. In either instance, the receiver of the generation command should be configured to understand and obey the command. [0028] The programming necessary to effectuate the processes performed in connection with the present invention is relatively straight-forward and should be apparent to the relevant programming public. Accordingly, such programming is not attached hereto. Any particular programming, then, may be employed to effectuate the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. [0029] In the foregoing description, it can be seen that the present invention comprises a new and useful method and mechanism by which the called party 14 subscribing to the ringtone system 10 or service can identify privileged calling parties 12 that are not required to be screened by the privacy service 10. More particularly, the present invention comprises a new and useful ringtone system 10 and method by which a called party 14 can be provided with a different ringtone for each of several types of calls, and therefore has an opportunity to decide to answer each call based on the nature of the call as represented by the ringtone presented for such call. The calling party 12 is wither typed or is given an opportunity to specify a type for the call, and based on the type a particular ringtone is presented to the called party 14. It should be appreciated that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the inventive concepts thereof. Notably, the present invention is equally applicable to wire line and wireless telephone systems. 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