Patent ID: 8615224

Claim:
A method comprising: automatically playing a particular ringtone in a communication device of a callee-user when receiving a call from a caller after: receiving a ringtone schedule through a web application over a data network from said callee-user, to enable said playing of said particular ringtone for said callee-user; storing, by said callee-user, said received ringtone schedule in said communication device, said schedule specifying a group of parameters to a plurality of ringtones; automatically invoking one of said ringtones corresponding to said particular ringtone based on certain parameters selected from said group of said parameters consisting of location of said callee-user, time of day, day of week, type of said caller, priority of said call and origin of said call; and receiving an external control signal from a source other than said caller or said callee-user when said location of said callee-user is a particular location and location of said source is also said particular location, said external control signal controlling said particular ringtone to be an influenced ringtone compatible with said particular location while said callee-user is at said particular location and said control signal allowing said influenced ringtone to return to said particular ringtone when said location of said callee-user is no longer said particular location.