WO2007081865A3 - Systems and methods for audibly indicating incoming telephone calls - Google Patents

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WO2007081865A3
WO2007081865A3 PCT/US2007/000386 US2007000386W WO2007081865A3 WO 2007081865 A3 WO2007081865 A3 WO 2007081865A3 US 2007000386 W US2007000386 W US 2007000386W WO 2007081865 A3 WO2007081865 A3 WO 2007081865A3
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remote server
files
indicator device
server system
call indicator
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Kirk Cameron
John Scheck
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Home Phone Tunes Inc
Kirk Cameron
John Scheck
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Priority claimed from US11/445,958 external-priority patent/US20070154009A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/540,249 external-priority patent/US20070153987A1/en
Application filed by Home Phone Tunes Inc, Kirk Cameron, John Scheck filed Critical Home Phone Tunes Inc
Publication of WO2007081865A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007081865A2/en
Publication of WO2007081865A3 publication Critical patent/WO2007081865A3/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
    • H04M19/041—Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set

Abstract

A landline-telephone personalization system includes a call indicator device, a computer, and a remote server system. The call indicator device is configured to download audio files from the remote server system and to play one or more of the files to indicate incoming PSTN calls over the landline-telephone connection. The call indicator device may play a first audio file for all incoming calls and a second audio file selected from audio files saved in device memory. The computer of the landline-telephone personalization system may include any conventional computer and may be configured to enable a user to view and select one or more audio files available for download to the call indicator device from the remote server system. The personalization system may save customized audio files at the remote server system. The originator of the files may receive credits when other users download the customized audio file.
PCT/US2007/000386 2006-01-05 2007-01-04 Systems and methods for audibly indicating incoming telephone calls WO2007081865A2 (en)

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US75693306P 2006-01-05 2006-01-05
US60/756,933 2006-01-05
US11/445,958 US20070154009A1 (en) 2006-01-05 2006-06-02 Systems and methods for audibly indicating incoming telephone calls
US11/445,958 2006-06-02
US11/540,249 US20070153987A1 (en) 2006-01-05 2006-09-29 Systems and methods for audibly indicating incoming telephone calls
US11/540,249 2006-09-29

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US6542603B1 (en) * 1997-09-29 2003-04-01 Sony Corporation Telephone answering unit with caller ID and variable ring sounds
GB2382274A (en) * 2001-08-06 2003-05-21 Nec Corp A mobile phone with selectable ring tone sequence.
US20050249336A1 (en) * 2004-05-07 2005-11-10 Basir Otman A Telephone adaptor module with rule-based audio playback and wireless function programming capability

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US5481599A (en) * 1993-07-22 1996-01-02 Macallister; Donald I. Automated audio output device for a telephone set
US6542603B1 (en) * 1997-09-29 2003-04-01 Sony Corporation Telephone answering unit with caller ID and variable ring sounds
US6347136B1 (en) * 1999-07-15 2002-02-12 Winbond Electronics Corporation Calling party announcement message management systems and methods
US20020019743A1 (en) * 2000-07-28 2002-02-14 Shunsuke Nakamura Content distribution system and content distribution method
GB2382274A (en) * 2001-08-06 2003-05-21 Nec Corp A mobile phone with selectable ring tone sequence.
US20050249336A1 (en) * 2004-05-07 2005-11-10 Basir Otman A Telephone adaptor module with rule-based audio playback and wireless function programming capability

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