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Personal ring tone message indicator

US7436949B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 2006
Grant dateOct 14, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/02
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of message indicating that enable the sender of a message to chose the ringing tone of the receiver's cellular telephone upon arrival of the sender's message. The sender has the ability to either choose or create the ringing tone to be played on the receiver's cellular telephone. The sender also has the ability to create either SMS or multimedia messages to be sent with the ringing tone. The ringing tones may also be chosen or downloaded from Internet sites.

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