Patent ID: 8862166

Claim:
A computer-based system for ringtone use and text message display on a watch, comprising: a smart device being capable of electronically downloading a ring tone from a ring tone source and receiving text messages from a text message server, with the smart device including an application (“app”) for downloading ringtones to a watch and downloading text messages received by the smart device to the watch; the watch including a chipset with at least a microprocessor, programmable memory, and a database for receiving, storing, and playing the downloaded ringtones and playing such ringtones to indicate at least the receipt of a text message, for receiving and displaying text messages downloaded from the smart device, and providing a user with an ability to provide responses to text messages that are transmitted from the watch to the smart device and thereafter transmitted from the smart device to the text message server or received by the entity that sent the original text message; and a wireless communications link between the smart device and the watch.