Patent ID: 8897840

Claim:
A method of generating a ringtone, comprising: generating a plurality of frequencies and providing the plurality of frequencies for a user at a wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of frequencies is provided within a threshold amount of a uniform sound pressure level; determining a minimum sound pressure level audible by the user at each of the plurality of frequencies, and determining a frequency corresponding with the lowest minimum audible sound pressure level; determining a frequency which the user perceives as the loudest frequency from among the plurality of frequencies based on an input received at the wireless device; selecting based on the determined frequency a first frequency range comprising a first minimum frequency and a first maximum frequency; receiving at the wireless device a ringtone in a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range comprises a second minimum frequency and a second maximum frequency; processing the received ringtone at a network computing node to shift the second frequency range of the received ringtone within the first frequency range, wherein an average frequency of the processed ringtone is the determined loudest frequency, and further wherein the second minimum frequency is shifted to be greater than or equal to the first minimum frequency and the second maximum frequency is shifted to be less than or equal to the first maximum frequency; and sending the processed ringtone with the average frequency being the determined loudest frequency to the wireless device.