发明名称 Customized ring tones for mobile phones based on context information
摘要 A method in one embodiment includes receiving, by a mobile client device, an incoming call sent by a caller, a caller ID being associated with the incoming call. A node connected to a packet-based network is accessed to obtain information about the caller. Information about the caller is then received from the node by the mobile client device. This information is applied to a set of client rules that selects a specific ring tone from a plurality of ring tones stored on the mobile client device. Finally, the specific ring tone is generated on the mobile client device to announce the incoming call.
申请公布号 US8977249(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.03.10
申请号 US200812157569 申请日期 2008.06.11
申请人 Cisco Technology, Inc. 发明人 Sarkar Shantanu;Burton Joseph Brian
分类号 H04M3/42;H04M3/02 主分类号 H04M3/42
代理机构 Baker Botts L.L.P. 代理人 Baker Botts L.L.P.
主权项 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a mobile client device, an incoming call sent by a caller, a caller ID being associated with the incoming call; accessing one or more nodes connected to a packet-based network to obtain, based on the caller ID, call context information associated with the incoming call, wherein the call context information comprises information about the call not included in the caller ID, at least one of the one or more nodes comprising a provider edge (PE) device, the call context information comprising: a business organization affiliation associated with the caller ID;a priority level for the call; anda reason for the call, the reason the call comprising at least one from the set comprising: responding to a previous call;scheduling a meeting; andresponding to a text communication; receiving, by the mobile client device, the call context information from the one or more nodes; applying, by the mobile client device, the received call context information to a set of client rules to select a specific ring tone from a plurality of ring tones stored on the mobile client device; sending information about an audio playback capability of the mobile client device to the one or more nodes, wherein the information about the audio playback capability of the mobile client device includes device type information about the mobile client device; and generating the specific ring tone on the mobile client device to announce the incoming call.
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