Methods, systems, and products for providing ring tones

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9137358-B2
Application number	US-201414499098-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2014
Priority date	Nov 13, 2008
Publication date	Sep 15, 2015
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015

Abstract

Ring tones and other alerts are processed based on social networks. A person's contact information, as an example, may be associated with a social network. Each different social network may also have its own custom ringtone or other alert. Calls, texts, and other electronic messages may thus processed with the alert of the social network.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
storing, in a memory of a server, an electronic database of alerts having electronic database associations between different network addresses to different names of social networks and to different alert filenames;
receiving, by a processor of the server, an electronic query specifying a network address;
retrieving, by the processor of the server, a name of a social network having an electronic database association with the network address;
retrieving, by the processor, an alert filename having the electronic database association with the name of the social network; and
sending, by the processor of the server, an electronic response to the electronic query, the electronic response specifying the alert filename having the electronic database association with the network address and the name of the social network.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving an electronic file associated with the alert filename having the electronic database association with the network address and the name of the social network.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising sending the electronic file as the electronic response to the electronic query.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising sending the electronic file with the electronic response to the electronic query.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising sending the electronic file to the network address.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the alert filename to the network address.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a selection of an electronic alert to associate with the name of the social network.

8. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
storing an electronic database having electronic database associations between different network addresses, different names of social networks, and different alert filenames;
receiving an electronic query specifying a network address;
retrieving a name of a social network having an electronic database association with the network address;
retrieving an alert filename having the electronic database association with the name of the social network; and
sending an electronic response to the electronic query specifying the alert filename having the electronic database association with the network address and the name of the social network.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an electronic file associated with the alert filename.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic file as the electronic response to the electronic query.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic file with the electronic response to the electronic query.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic file to the network address.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the alert filename to the network address.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a selection of an alert to associate with the name of the social network.

15. A memory storing processor-executable instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
storing an electronic database having electronic database associations between different network addresses, different names of social networks, and different alert filenames;
receiving an electronic query specifying a network address;
retrieving a name of a social network having an electronic database association with the network address;
retrieving an alert filename having the electronic database association with the name of the social network; and
sending an electronic response to the electronic query specifying the alert filename having the electronic database association with the network address and the name of the social network.

16. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an electronic file associated with the alert filename.

17. The memory of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic file as the electronic response to the electronic query.

18. The memory of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic file with the electronic response to the electronic query.

19. The memory of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic file to the network address.

20. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the alert filename to the address.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Belz Steven M
• Pearson Larry B

Classifications

• H04M3/42051 Primary

  where the notification is included in the ringing tone · CPC title

• H04M3/42

  Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers (specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00) · CPC title

• H04M2207/20

  hybrid systems · CPC title

• H04M3/02 Primary

  Calling substations, e.g. by ringing (selective calling H04Q) · CPC title

• H04M3/42017

  Customized ring-back tones · CPC title