Ringback tones management for phones having a profile specifying both organizational and personal ringback tones
US8027444B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/2072
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A call tones management platform provides a facility for configuration of a user profile. The user profile specifies the circumstances under which organizational call tones (such as a call tone of an employer of the subscriber using the phone) or a personal, non-organizational tone should be rendered to a calling party. When a call is placed to the subscriber, the profile is consulted and an instruction for rendering a call tone in accordance with the profile is sent to a call tones content provider or run time site generating call tones during the time of a call. The call tones management platform implements logic for resolving potential scheduling conflicts between organizational call tones and private call tones, such as, for example, a rule in which the organizational call tone trumps personal call tones for calls are made to the subscriber telephone during business hours.
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