EP1700456A1 - Systeme, procede, dispositif et produit de programme informatique d'un expediteur pour envoyer une notification personnalisee a un destinataire d'une communication - Google Patents

Systeme, procede, dispositif et produit de programme informatique d'un expediteur pour envoyer une notification personnalisee a un destinataire d'une communication

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EP1700456A1
EP1700456A1 EP04820828A EP04820828A EP1700456A1 EP 1700456 A1 EP1700456 A1 EP 1700456A1 EP 04820828 A EP04820828 A EP 04820828A EP 04820828 A EP04820828 A EP 04820828A EP 1700456 A1 EP1700456 A1 EP 1700456A1
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Stephen Dana Bjorgan
Romain David
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Orange SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
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    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/7243—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W68/00—User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

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  • the inventors of the present invention have recognized that by providing new "push" technologies for modern wireless networks, new markets can be developed that heretofore have been untapped by the wireless communications industry.
  • the present inventors have invented a novel system, method, wireless device, and computer program product for a sender to send a personalized notification such as a ringtone, color, picture, video, multimedia message, vibration, text, audible cues, temperature, or other sensory indicator, to a receiving wireless device upon initiation of communication.
  • a personalized notification such as a ringtone, color, picture, video, multimedia message, vibration, text, audible cues, temperature, or other sensory indicator
  • a caller selects a personalized ringtone to be sent together with his call.
  • the identification of the personalized ringtone is sent as a short message service (SMS) message at the same time as the call.
  • SMS short message service
  • the mobile switching center sends the SMS message including the identification of the personalized ringtone to the recipient of the call when the call is routed.
  • the recipient's wireless device determines that the incoming caller matches the sender of the SMS message just sent, and the SMS message is opened, causing the caller's personalized ringtone to be played on the recipient's wireless device.
  • the ringtone itself is sent as part of the message.
  • the present invention is not limited to any particular communication technology, such as SMS.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example wireless communication network according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a block diagram of an example implementation of a short message service system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a block diagram of an example wireless device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a high-level block diagram of a system for carrying out the present invention according to one embodiment
  • Figure 5 is a flowchart of a process for sending a sender-personalized ringtone according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 6 is a flowchart of saving a sender-personalized ringtone in a phonebook of a recipient wireless device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is an exemplary computer system programmed to perform one or more of the special purpose functions of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram of an example of a basic wireless communications network 100.
  • the wireless communication network 100 could be any of numerous types of networks, including, for example, a cellular communication network, a personal communications service (PCS) network, a third generation (3G) network such as a network compliant with the Third Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP), a network based on one or more of time division multiple access (TDM A), code division multiple access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technologies, or any other wireless communication network.
  • a cellular communication network a personal communications service (PCS) network
  • 3G third generation
  • TDM A time division multiple access
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • the example of Figure 1 is provided for illustrative purposes to provide a context for explaining the invention.
  • the particular configuration of the example wireless communication network 100 in Figure 1 does not in any way limit the applicability of the present invention to any particular network configuration, wireless or otherwise.
  • the wireless communication network 100 includes a plurality of wireless devices 101, a plurality of base stations 102, a plurality of mobile switching centers 103, a gateway mobile switching center 104, a public switched telephone network 105, an electronic mail gateway 106, and another network, in this example, the Internet 107.
  • the wireless device 101 may be any wireless communication device such as a telephone, personal data assistant (PDA), pager, multi-function device, or other communication device.
  • the wireless device 101 is connected to the wireless communication network 100 through a base station 102.
  • the example wireless communication network 100 includes a single gateway mobile switching center 104.
  • the gateway mobile switching center 104 communicates with a plurality of mobile switching centers 103, which in turn each communicate with a plurality of base stations 102. As a wireless device 101 moves from area to area within the geographic coverage area of the wireless communication network 100, it is passed from one base station 102 to another in order to maintain quality communications. [0019] The mobile switching center 103 routes communications handled by the base stations 102 that it communicates with to the gateway mobile switching center 104. The gateway mobile switching center 104 routes all communications within the wireless communication network 100 to their final destination.
  • the final destination of the communication may be, for example, another wireless device 101 within the wireless communication network 100, a destination on a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 105, a destination on another network, for example the Internet 1O7, or a wireless device 101 on a different wireless communication network 100.
  • Communications that are routed to the Internet 107 may be routed by the gateway mobile switching center 104 through an electronic mail gateway 106. Communications that are routed to other wireless communications networks 100 are facilitated through "roaming" agreements between the two wireless communication networks 100.
  • the gateway mobile switching center 104 will be considered as simply another mobile switching center 103. This simplification does not have an impact the description of the present invention.
  • the mobile switching center 103 is responsible for routing communications through the wireless communication network 1O0.
  • the mobile switching centers 103 are responsible for the operation of the wireless communication network 100 in general.
  • the mobile switching centers 103 make use of databases to maintain information about users of the wireless communication network 100. Two examples of these databases include a home location register 108 and a messaging center database 109.
  • the home location register 108 is used to track the location of all wireless devices lOlwithin range of the particular mobile switching center 103.
  • Each wireless device 101 has a unique identifying number assigned to it that can be used by the mobile switching center 103 to track that wireless device 101.
  • identification information pertaining to a particular subscriber is included in a subscriber identity module (SLM) card that in some cases can be removed from one wireless device 101 and placed into another.
  • SIM subscriber identity module
  • the SIM card contains the information that is used to track the wireless device 101 through the home location register 108 of the mobile switching center 103.
  • the identification number is stored within the wireless device 101 and is transmitted by the wireless device 101 to the mobile switching center 103.
  • the messaging center database 109 is used by the mobile switching center 103 to route messages through the wireless communication network 100.
  • SMS short message service
  • EMS enhanced messaging service
  • MMS multimedia messaging service
  • IM immediate messaging
  • IMPS presence services
  • IP Internet protocol-based multimedia service
  • SMS, EMS, MMS, IMPS, mobile e- mail, and IMS are described in further detail in chapters 2-7 of Le Bodic, G., “Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services: SMS, EMS and MMS,” John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003, the entire contents of each of these chapters being incorporated herein by reference.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system such as the wireless communication network 100 of Figure 1 for implementing a short message service (SMS) according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • SMS short message service
  • the receiving mobile switching center 103 stores the message in the messaging center 109.
  • the mobile switching center 103 notifies the intended recipient wireless device 202 that a message has been sent to it.
  • an acknowledgement of receipt is sent back to the mobile switching center 103, which then causes the message to be removed from the messaging center 109.
  • the mobile switching center 103 will continue to store and re eatedly attempt to send the message to the recipient wireless device 202 until receipt is ultimately acknowledged.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a typical wireless device 101 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • a wireless device is to be understood to be a device that communicates without wires, and may include, but does not necessarily include all of one or more of the components described in the context of Figure 3.
  • the various components of the wireless device 101 are interconnected through a circuit board 301.
  • the example wireless device 101 in Figure 3 is illustrated in the form of a cellular telephone. However, as described above, the present invention is not limited to any particular type or types of wireless device, but rather could be used in the context of a variety of devices, including a cellular telephone, a personal data assistant (PDA), a pager, a multi-functional device, or other wireless device.
  • the wireless device 101 includes an antenna 302, analog-to- digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion circuits 303, a digital signal processor 304, a memory 305, a battery 306, a microprocessor 307, amplifiers 308, a microphone 309, a speaker 310, a keyboard 311, and a display 312. As would be recognized by those of ordinary skill in the art, not all of these components are included in all wireless devices 101 useable with the present invention.
  • A/D analog-to- digital
  • D/A digital-to-analog
  • the operation of the wireless device 101 is controlled by the microprocessor 307.
  • the antenna 302 receives and sends the signals to and from the wireless device 101.
  • the A/D and D/A conversion circuits 303 perform, for example, the functions of translating sounds (e.g., a user's voice from the microphone 309) into digital signals that can be processed, and translating digital signals into analog signals (e.g., a sound to be sent to the speaker 310).
  • the digital signal processor 304 performs processing on the signals that are both received and transmitted by the wireless device 101, and the amplifiers 308 are used to amplify the signals both received and transmitted by the wireless device 101.
  • the microphone 309 is used to detect a sound and convert it into an analog signal that can be processed
  • the speaker 310 is used to make the information contained in selected signals audible
  • the keyboard 311 is used to receive input from a user
  • the display 312 is used to provide visual feedback to a user
  • the battery 306 is used to provide electricity to the various components of the wireless device 1O1.
  • the microprocessor 307 is programmed with instructions that are stored in the memory 305.
  • the memory 305 is shown as a single element, but as those of ordinary skill in the art would understand, the memory may include several types of memory based on the particular design of the wireless device 101.
  • the memory 306 may include, for example, one or more types of memory (e.g., random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), erasable PROM (EPROM), electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM), any type of flash memory, removable memory, etc.).
  • RAM random access memory
  • ROM read only memory
  • PROM programmable ROM
  • EPROM erasable PROM
  • EEPROM electrically erasable PROM
  • the memory 305 also holds data that is accessible by applications operating on the wireless device 101.
  • the memory 305 may store a phone book that can be maintained by the user.
  • Other information that may be held in the memory includes, but is not limited to, configuration information of the wireless device 101, games, user-selectable ringtones, calendar information, e-mail information, messages that have been received by the wireless device 101, voice recorded messages, call logs, etc.
  • Software applications that are run by the microprocessor 307 may access this data in the memory.
  • Some of these software applications may be interactive applications, wherein information is presented to the user through, for example, the display 312, the speaker 3 10, or other mechanism (e.g., a vibrator), and information is collected through, for example, the microphone 309, the keyboard 311, or other mechanism.
  • the display 312 the speaker 3 10, or other mechanism (e.g., a vibrator)
  • information is collected through, for example, the microphone 309, the keyboard 311, or other mechanism.
  • a common application for cellular phone wireless devices 101 is a phonebook database that can store phone numbers in the memory 305.
  • a user may assign a particular ringtone to a particular entry in the phonebook, so that the user-selected ringtone is played to alert the user that a particular person (or group of persons assigned to the same user-selected ringtone) is calling.
  • a simple comparison is made in the database to determine if an entry exists for the incoming caller, and if so, whether a user-selected ringtone has been assigned to it. If so, the user-selected ringtone is played, rather than the default ringtone. In this way, the user of the wireless device 101 can determine who is calling without looking at the phone.
  • Other examples of applications for wireless devices 101 include allowing a user to display a particular image based on the incoming phone number, changing the look-and-feel of the information displayed to the user, providing an Internet browsing capability, e-mail capability, etc.
  • Each of these example applications is implemented on the wireless device 101 by the microprocessor 307 and makes use of the memory 305.
  • the inventors of the present invention have recognized that a user's experience with a communication device, including, but not limited to a wireless device 101, may be further enhanced by providing "push" capabilities to the user.
  • the present inventors have invented novel systems, methods, devices, and computer program products through which a user can impact the behavior of, for example, the wireless device 101 of another user, hi one embodiment of the present invention, a caller sends a caller-specified notification to a recipient device. Examples of the present invention include sending a selected ringtone, color, picture, video, multimedia message, vibration, text, audible cue, temperature, or other sensory indicator to a recipient device.
  • a ringtone could include not only a melody, but also could include, for example, a recorded voice message, an advertisement, a joke, a sound or other audible notification.
  • a device's vibration motor can be programmed to be controllable, and that other display technologies such as, for example, temperature control and color control could also be made programmable as those technologies are included in personal communication devices.
  • the present invention is not limited to wireless devices 101 , but rather may also be carried out using non-wireless communication devices, such as a processor-equipped telephone connected to a PSTN 105.
  • the present invention provides enhanced experiences for users of communication devices and will also produce new revenue opportunities.
  • the present inventors recognized that by taking advantage of both the processing capabilities of the wireless device 101 and the capabilities provided by, for example, SMS, new capabilities could be delivered to the user, hi one embodiment of the present invention, a caller chooses a personalized ringtone that will be sent to the wireless device 101 he is calling. When the caller places the call, an SMS message containing the identification of the sender-personalized ringtone is sent at the same time. At call initiation, the receiving wireless device 101 determines if it has received an SMS message at the same time the incoming call was placed.
  • the SMS message is opened and the caller's personalized ringtone conesponding to the identification sent in the SMS message is played, rather than the ringtone configured by receiver of the call.
  • This fun new feature will allow a user to send "personalized" calls that will play a ringtone determined by the caller, not the called.
  • SMS By making use of SMS as a earner of caller information, the inventors of the present invention have devised a system, method, device, and computer program product for sending much more than just a call. Not only may the identification of a ringtone be sent, but in other embodiments, one or more sensory indicators are sent, including, but not limited to, a sender-personalized image being displayed, a software update being sent, an audio message such as a voice message being sent, a video or multimedia message being displayed, a color or temperature being sent, etc.
  • Fixed line devices may include, for example, telephones and television set-top boxes. In other words, the present inventors have enabled a capability whereby a caller may share an experience with the person being called.
  • the communication/signaling/messaging technology is not limited to SMS.
  • the present invention may be carried out using any communication technique that was enabled by the system and devices making use of the present invention.
  • variations of the present invention may be carried out based on the capabilities of the underlying communication technology employed. For example, rather then sending an identification of a ringtone, as described in the example above, the communication technology may allow for the ringtone itself to be sent as part of the message containing the sender personalized notification.
  • the capabilities of the devices and communication technologies will allow for many variations of implementing a sender personalized notification while staying true to the present invention.
  • FIG 4 is a high-level block diagram of a system for canying out the present invention according to one embodiment.
  • the system includes a caller device 401, a recipient device 402, and a personalized notification server 404.
  • the personalized notification server 404 includes a notification database 405 that includes, for example, ringtones that may be sent as a personalized notification where each ringtone is identified in the notification database 405 with a unique identifier.
  • the recipient device 402 includes a local notification database 403 that includes, for example, ringtones that are activated when a particular caller device 401 calls the recipient device 402. In the local notification database 405 an identification of a caller device 401 is associated with a particular ringtone stored on the recipient device 402.
  • a caller is associated to a particular ringtone.
  • the caller may correspond to a group of caller devices 401.
  • the caller device 401 specifies a combination of a recipient device 402 to call and a notification (e.g., ringtone) to push to the recipient device.
  • Software running on the recipient device 402 interacts with the caller to collect this information.
  • a data connection is then established between the caller device 401 and the notification server 404.
  • the connection between the caller device 401 and the notification server 404 may be synchronous or asynchronous, and may make use of any appropriate communication/signaling/messaging technology, including, but not limited to TCP/IP, SMS, EMS, MMS, or IMPS, etc.
  • the caller device 401 sends the combination of recipient device 402 to call and notification to push to the notification server 404.
  • the notification server 404 then creates a message including the combination of recipient device 402 to call and notification to push, and sends it the recipient device 402.
  • the recipient device 402 sets up the notification to conespond to the caller device 401 in its local notification database 403.
  • the caller device 401 initiates the call to the recipient device 402.
  • Software running on the recipient device will recognize the identity of the caller device 401 and play the pushed notification on the recipient device 403.
  • the characteristics of the notification e.g., sound, image, color, temperature, text, etc.
  • "playing" the notification will, of course, mean implementing the appropriate display of the sensory indicator.
  • the call itself is never placed.
  • the caller device 401 may simply push a notification to the recipient device 402 or group of recipient devices.
  • implementations of the present invention may include different variations of managing the storing and transmission of the identification of the notification files and the notification files themselves. For example, in some embodiments of the present invention, a determination is made whether the pushed notification is already stored in the recipient device's 402 local notification database 403 prior to unnecessarily sending the notification again.
  • a variation within the scope of the present invention includes calling not one recipient device 403, but rather a group of devices, where each of those devices will receive the notification pushed by the caller device 401.
  • This variation of the present invention is useful, for example, for setting up a conference call with a group of recipient devices 402, broadcasting an emergency notification, etc.
  • Another variation includes managing the reuse of notifications pushed by a caller deivce 401.
  • some notifications may be single use notifications such as pushing a "happy birthday" ringtone to a recipient device 402 on the recipient's birthday, whereas other notifications may be stored in the recipient device's 402 local notification database 403 to be reused each time the caller device 401 calls.
  • Yet another variant of the present invention includes a caller replacing a notification associated him in the recipient device's 402 local notification database 403.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a high-level summary of a process through which the present invention may be implemented, for example, in the context of a wireless device 101 of a wireless communication network 100.
  • the process begins at step S501 where a caller selects a sender-personalized ringtone to be sent together with the placed called.
  • the process then proceeds to step S 502 where the caller dials or selects, for example, from a phonebook on the wireless device 101, the phone number of the wireless device 101 he is calling.
  • steps S501 and S502 are accomplished using an application that prompts the caller for information including the ringtone and the phone number to be called.
  • steps S501 and S502 could be performed using a variety of techniques, none of which would limit the present invention.
  • the caller may select an image to be displayed, or other information as described above, that could be transmitted to the recipient of the call together with the placed called.
  • the phrase "call" means any communication between devices, and is not limited to a person-to-person phone call.
  • step S503 the call is initiated through the mobile switching center 103.
  • the mobile switching center 103 includes both a home location register 108 and a messaging center 109.
  • step S503 the call is initiated at about the same time an SMS message including the sender-personalized ringtone is sent.
  • step S504 the mobile switching center 103 polls the messaging center to determine whether a new SMS message has been sent by the caller.
  • step S505 it is determined whether the messaging center 109 has any new SMS messages.
  • step S505 If it is determined at step S505 that no new SMS messages have been received from the caller at the messaging center 109 (i.e., "NO" at step S505), the process proceeds to step S506 where the call is sent through to the recipient of the call as would be normally done outside of the context of this invention. After the normal call is sent through at step S506, the process ends.
  • step S505 If, on the other hand, it is determined at step S505 that the messaging center 109 has received a new SMS message from the caller (i.e., "YES" at step S505), the process proceeds to step S507 where the mobile switching center 103 pushes a new SMS message to the designated recipient of the SMS message. The process then proceeds to step S508 which is, in one embodiment, performed by the wireless device 101 of the user being called by the caller. At step S508, the phone number of the caller of the incoming call is compared to the phone number of the sender of the incoming SMS message.
  • step S510 the wireless device 101 of the recipient of the phone call from the caller plays the ringtone included in the SMS message on the recipients wireless device 101, rather than the ringtone that the recipient has configured his wireless device 101 to play. After step S510, the process ends and the call is connected as any other call would be.
  • step S509 the call is sent through to the receiver as normal, and a notification of a new SMS message is sent separately.
  • the process ends.
  • the processing required to implement the invention as described in the context of Figure 5 may be implemented in many different ways while staying true to the invention. For example, the processing performed by the caller's wireless device 101, the mobile switching center, and the recipient's wireless device 101 may be distributed differently based on constraints that may be present in a particular implementation.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a new feature that could be provided to users of wireless devices 101 as a result of the present invention.
  • the process begins at step S601 where the recipient of a call receives a personalized ringtone from a caller, for example, through the process described in context of Figure 5 above.
  • the process then proceeds to step S602 where the wireless device 101 determines whether the caller is cunently present in the phonebook maintained on the recipient's wireless device 101.
  • step S603 the sender- personalized ringtone is discarded after being played on the recipient's receiver and the call has been connected. After the ringtone has been discarded at step S603, the process ends.
  • step S604 the sender-personalized rigntone is stored in the recipient's phonebook together with the caller's phonebook entry.
  • the process ends.
  • the recipient's phone will continue to ring with the sender-personalized ringtone, even if the caller does not send a personalized ringtone on a future call.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a computer system 701 upon which an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
  • the computer system 701 includes a bus 702 or other communication mechanism for communicating information, and a processor 703 coupled with the bus 702 for processing the information.
  • the computer system 701 also includes a main memory 704, such as a random access memory (RAM) or other dynamic storage device (e.g., dynamic RAM (DRAM), static RAM (SRAM), and synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)), coupled to the bus 702 for storing information and instructions to be executed by processor 703.
  • the main memory 704 may be used for storing temporary variables or other intermediate information during the execution of instructions by the processor 703.
  • the computer system 701 further includes a read only memory (ROM) 705 or other static storage device (e.g., programmable ROM (PROM), erasable PROM (EPROM), and electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM)) coupled to the bus 702 for storing static information and instructions for the processor 703.
  • ROM read only memory
  • PROM programmable ROM
  • EPROM erasable PROM
  • EEPROM electrically erasable PROM
  • the computer system 701 also includes a disk controller 706 coupled to the bus 702 to control one or more storage devices for storing information and instructions, such as a magnetic hard disk 707, and a removable media drive 708 (e.g., floppy disk drive, read-only compact disc drive, read/write compact disc drive, compact disc jukebox, tape drive, and removable magneto-optical drive).
  • the storage devices may be added to the computer system 701 using an appropriate device interface (e.g., small computer system interface (SCSI), integrated device electronics (IDE
  • the computer system 701 may also include special purpose logic devices (e.g., application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)) or configurable logic devices (e.g., simple programmable logic devices (SPLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and field programmable gate anays (FPGAs)).
  • ASICs application specific integrated circuits
  • SPLDs simple programmable logic devices
  • CPLDs complex programmable logic devices
  • FPGAs field programmable gate anays
  • the computer system 701 may also include a display controller 709 coupled to the bus 702 to control a display 710, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), for displaying information to a computer user.
  • the computer system includes input devices, such as a keyboard 711 and a pointing device 712, for interacting with a computer user and providing information to the processor 703.
  • the pointing device 712 for example, may be a mouse, a trackball, or a pointing stick for communicating direction information and command selections to the processor 703 and for controlling cursor movement on the display 710.
  • a printer may provide printed listings of data stored and/or generated by the computer system 701.
  • the computer system 701 performs a portion or all of the processing steps of the invention in response to the processor 703 executing one or more sequences of one or more instructions contained in a memory, such as the main memory 704. Such instructions may be read into the main memory 704 from another computer readable medium, such as a hard disk 707 or a removable media drive 708.
  • processors in a multi-processing anangement may also be employed to execute the sequences of instructions contained in main memory 704.
  • hard-wired circuitry may be used in place of or in combination with software instructions. Thus, embodiments are not limited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry and software.
  • the computer system 701 includes at least one computer readable medium or memory for holding instructions programmed according to the teachings of the invention and for containing data structures, tables, records, or other data described herein.
  • Examples of computer readable media are compact discs, hard disks, floppy disks, tape, magneto-optical disks, PROMs (EPROM, EEPROM, flash EPROM), DRAM, SRAM, SDRAM, or any other magnetic medium, compact discs (e.g., CD-ROM), or any other optical medium, punch cards, paper tape, or other physical medium with patterns of holes, a carrier wave (described below), or any other medium from which a computer can read.
  • the present invention includes software for controlling the computer system 701, for driving a device or devices for implementing the invention, and for enabling the computer system 701 to interact with a human user.
  • software may include, but is not limited to, device drivers, operating systems, development tools, and applications software.
  • Such computer readable media further includes the computer program product of the present invention for performing all or a portion (if processing is distributed) of the processing performed in implementing the invention.
  • the computer code devices of the present invention may be any interpretable or executable code mechanism, including but not limited to scripts, interpretable programs, dynamic link libraries (DLLs), Java classes, and complete executable programs. Moreover, parts of the processing of the present invention may be distributed for better performance, reliability, and/or cost.
  • Non- volatile media includes, for example, optical, magnetic disks, and magneto-optical disks, such as the hard disk 707 or the removable media drive 708.
  • Volatile media includes dynamic memory, such as the main memory 704.
  • Transmission media includes coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including the wires that make up the bus 702. Transmission media also may also take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generated during radio wave and infrared data communications.
  • Various forms of computer readable media may be involved in canying out one or more sequences of one or more instructions to processor 703 for execution.
  • the instructions may initially be carried on a magnetic disk of a remote computer.
  • the remote computer can load the instructions for implementing all or a portion of the present invention remotely into a dynamic memory and send the instructions over a telephone line using a modem.
  • a modem local to the computer system 701 may receive the data on the telephone line and use an infrared transmitter to convert the data to an infrared signal.
  • An infrared detector coupled to the bus 702 can receive the data earned in the infrared signal and place the data on the bus 702.
  • the bus 702 carries the data to the main memory 704, from which the processor 703 retrieves and executes the instructions.
  • the instructions received by the main memory 704 may optionally be stored on storage device 707 or 708 either before or after execution by processor 703.
  • communications between devices or components may also be performed using wireless technologies including, but not limited to Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11b, ultrawideband, or other technologies.
  • the computer system 701 also includes a communication interface 713 coupled to the bus 702.
  • the communication interface 713 provides a two-way data communication coupling to a network link 714 that is connected to, for example, a local area network (LAN) 715, or to another communications network 716 such as the Internet.
  • the communication interface 713 may be a network interface card to attach to any packet switched LAN.
  • the communication interface 713 may be an asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) card, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) card or a modem to provide a data communication connection to a conesponding type of communications line.
  • Wireless links may also be implemented.
  • the communication interface 713 sends and receives electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that cany digital data streams representing various types of information.
  • the network link 714 typically provides data communication through one or more networks to other data devices.
  • the network link 714 may provide a connection to another computer through a local network 715 (e.g., a LAN) or through equipment operated by a service provider, which provides communication services through a communications network 716.
  • a local network 715 e.g., a LAN
  • the local network 714 and the communications network 716 preferably use electrical, electromagnetic, or optical signals that cany digital data streams.
  • the signals through the various networks and the signals on the network link 714 and through the communication interface 713, which cany the digital data to and from the computer system 701 are exemplary forms of carrier waves transporting the information.
  • the computer system 701 can transmit and receive data, including program code, through the network(s) 715 and 716, the network link 714 and the communication interface 713.
  • the network link 714 may provide a connection through a LAN 715 to a mobile device 717 such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) laptop computer, or cellular telephone.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • the LAN communications network 715 and the communications network 716 both use electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that cany digital data streams.
  • the signals through the various networks and the signals on the network link 714 and through the communication interface 713, which cany the digital data to and from the system 701, are exemplary forms of carrier waves transporting the information.
  • the processor system 701 can transmit notifications and receive data, including program code, through the network(s), the network link 714 and the communication interface 713.
  • Various embodiments of the invention comprises: a system for pushing a sender-personalized notification, comprising a sender device and a recipient device, wherein the sender device is configured to select the sender-personalized notification and a destination for the sender- personalized notification conesponding to the recipient device and to send the sender- personalized notification to the recipient device, and the recipient device is configured to receive the sender-personalized notification and to process the sender-personalized notification based on a type of the sender-personalized notification.
  • the type of the sender- personalized notification could further comprise at least one of a ringtone, a color, a picture, a video, a multimedia message, a vibration, a text message, an audible cue, and a temperature.
  • the recipient device could further be configured to play a ringtone sent as the sender- personalized notification on the recipient device when the type of the sender-personalized notification is a ringtone.
  • the sender device could further be configured to place a call to the recipient device to be placed at substantially a same time as the sender-personalized notification is sent to the recipient device and the recipient device could further be configured to determine that the sender-personalized notification conesponds to the call and to process the sender-personalized notification with the call.
  • the sender device could further be configured to send the sender-personalized notification to a plurality of recipient devices.
  • the sender-personalized notification could further comprise at least one of a notification and an identifier conesponding to the notification.
  • the system could further comprise a notification server configured to receive the sender-personalized notification and the destination from the sender device and to send the sender-personalized notification to the recipient device.
  • the notification server could further comprise a digital repository populated with entries defining selectable notifications, and the sender-personalized notification could further comprise at least one of an identifier conesponding to at least one entry of the digital repository and a notification.
  • the sender-personalized notification could further be communicated between the notification server and at least one of the sender device and the recipient device as at least one of SMS, EMS, MMS, IMPS, and TCP/IP.
  • At least one of the sender device and the recipient device could further comprise a wireless device.
  • At least one of the sender device and the recipient device could further comprise a fixed line device.
  • the fixed line device could further comprise at least one of a telephone and a television set-top box.
  • the sender- personalized notification could further be stored in the recipient device in a digital repository of the recipient device in an entry conesponding to the sender device.
  • the sender- personalized notification could be stored in the recipient device in a digital repository of the recipient device in an entry conesponding to an entity associated with the sender device.
  • a method for pushing a sender-personalized notification with a call could further comprise the steps of selecting the sender-personalized notification, selecting a recipient phone number, placing the call including sending the recipient phone number and sending the sender- personalized notification, determining that the sender-personalized notification conesponds to the call and processing the sender-personalized notification based on a type of the sender- personalized message by a recipient device when the call is received.
  • the type of the sender- personalized notification could further comprise at least one of a ringtone, a color, a picture, a video, a multimedia message, a vibration, a text message, an audible cue, and a temperature.
  • the processing step could further comprise playing a sender-personalized ringtone on the recipient device when the type of the sender-personalized notification is a ringtone.
  • the placing the call step could further comprise sending the sender-personalized notification as at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an immediate messaging (IM) message, an immediate messaging and presence services (IMPS) message, a mobile e-mail message, a Internet protocol-based multimedia service (IMS) message, and a TCP/IP message.
  • SMS short message service
  • EMS enhanced messaging service
  • MMS multimedia messaging service
  • IM immediate messaging
  • IMS Internet protocol-based multimedia service
  • the method could further comprise the steps of: determining if a phonebook of the recipient device includes an entry for a sender of the call, storing the sender-personalized notification as a custom notification conesponding to an entry associated with the sender of the call and playing by the recipient device the custom notification when the recipient device receives a call from the sender of the call.
  • a wireless device could further comprise: a processor and a computer readable medium encoded with processor readable instructions that when executed by the processor implement a sender-personalized notification selection mechanism configured to select a notification as the sender-personalized notification to be sent to a recipient device with a call placed by the wireless device, and a call placing mechanism configured to send the sender-personalized notification when the call is placed to the recipient device.
  • the call placing mechanism could further be configured to send the sender-personalized notification as at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an immediate messaging (IM) message, an immediate messaging and presence services (IMPS) message, a mobile e-mail message, a Internet protocol-based multimedia service (IMS) message, and a TCP/IP message.
  • SMS short message service
  • EMS enhanced messaging service
  • MMS multimedia messaging service
  • IM immediate messaging
  • IMS Internet protocol-based multimedia service
  • TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/IP message
  • a fixed line device could further comprise: a processor and a computer readable medium encoded with processor readable instructions that when executed by the processor implement a sender-personalized notification selection mechanism configured to select a notification as the sender-personalized notification to be sent to a recipient device with a call placed by the fixed line device, and a call placing mechanism configured to send the sender-personalized notification when the call is placed to the recipient device.
  • a sender-personalized notification selection mechanism configured to select a notification as the sender-personalized notification to be sent to a recipient device with a call placed by the fixed line device
  • a call placing mechanism configured to send the sender-personalized notification when the call is placed to the recipient device.
  • the call placing mechanism could further be configured to send the sender-personalized notification as at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an immediate messaging (IM) message, an immediate messaging and presence services (IMPS) message, a mobile e-mail message, a Internet protocol-based multimedia service (IMS) message, and a TCP/IP message.
  • SMS short message service
  • EMS enhanced messaging service
  • MMS multimedia messaging service
  • IM immediate messaging
  • IMS Internet protocol-based multimedia service
  • TCP/IP message a short message service
  • a wireless device could further comprise: a processor and a computer readable medium encoded with processor readable instructions that when executed by the processor implements a sender-personalized message processing mechanism configured to process a sender-personalized notification received with a call.
  • the sender-personalized notification processing mechanism could further be configured to play a ringtone sent as the sender-personalized notification on the wireless device when a type of the sender-personalized message is a ringtone.
  • the sender-personalized message processing mechanism could further be configured to process the sender-personalized notification based on a type of the sender-personalized notification, and the type of the sender-personalized notification could be at least one of a ringtone, a color, a picture, a video, a multimedia message, a vibration, a text message, an audible cue, and a temperature.
  • a fixed line device could further comprise: a processor and a computer readable medium encoded with processor readable instructions that when executed by the processor implements a sender-personalized message processing mechanism configured to process a sender-personalized notification received with a call.
  • the sender-personalized notification processing mechanism could further be configured to play a ringtone sent as the sender-personalized notification on the fixed line device when a type of the sender-personalized message is a ringtone.
  • the sender- personalized message processing mechanism could further be configured to process the sender-personalized notification based on a type of the sender-personalized notification, and the type of the sender-personalized notification could be at least one of a ringtone, a color, a picture, a video, a multimedia message, a vibration, a text message, an audible cue, and a temperature.
  • a computer program product could further comprise: a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a processor to select and send a sender-personalized notification to a recipient device when placing a call, the computer program code mechanism having a first computer code device configured to select a notification as the sender-personalized notification to be sent to a recipient device with the call placed by a sender device, and a second computer code device configured to send the sender-personalized notification when the call is placed to the recipient device.
  • the second computer code device could further be configured to send the sender-personalized notification as at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an immediate messaging (IM) message, an immediate messaging and presence services (IMPS) message, a mobile e-mail message, a Internet protocol-based multimedia service (IMS) message, and a TCP/IP message.
  • SMS short message service
  • EMS enhanced messaging service
  • MMS multimedia messaging service
  • IM immediate messaging
  • IMS Internet protocol-based multimedia service
  • TCP/IP message a short message service
  • a computer program product could further comprise: a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a processor to process a sender-personalized notification received with a call, the computer program code mechanism having a first computer code device configured to process the sender- personalized notification received with the call.
  • the first computer code device could further be configured to play a ringtone sent as the sender-personalized notification when a type of the sender-personalized notification is a ringtone.
  • the first computer code device could further be configured to process the sender-personalized notification based on a type of the sender-personalized notification, and the type of the sender-personalized notification could further be at least one of a ringtone, a color, a picture, a video, a multimedia message, a vibration, a text message, an audible cue, and a temperature.
  • a system for pushing a sender- personalized notification with a call could further comprise: selecting the sender- personalized notification, selecting a recipient phone number, placing the call including sending the recipient phone number and sending the sender-personalized notification, determining that the sender-personalized notification conesponds to the call and processing the sender-personalized notification based on a type of the sender-personalized message by a recipient device when the call is received.
  • the recipient device could further be configured to process a software upgrade sent as the sender-personalized notification on the recipient device when the type of the sender-personalized message is a software upgrade.
  • the processing step could further comprise processing a software upgrade on the recipient device when the type of the sender-personalized notification is a software upgrade.
  • the sender- personalized notification processing mechanism could further be configured to process a software upgrade sent as the sender-personalized notification on the wireless device when a type of the sender-personalized notification is a software upgrade.
  • the first computer code device could further be configured to process a software upgrade sent as the sender- personalized notification when a type of the sender-personalized notification is a software upgrade.
  • a mobile switching center could further comprise: a processor and a computer readable medium encoded with processor readable instructions that when executed by the processor implement a sender-personalized notification enabling mechanism configured to determine if a sender of a call sent a sender-personalized notification at substantially a same time as placing the call, and a sender-personalized notification pushing mechanism configured to send the sender-personalized notification at substantially a same time as the call is routed to a recipient of the call.
  • a sender-personalized notification enabling mechanism configured to determine if a sender of a call sent a sender-personalized notification at substantially a same time as placing the call
  • a sender-personalized notification pushing mechanism configured to send the sender-personalized notification at substantially a same time as the call is routed to a recipient of the call.
  • the sender-personalized message could further comprise at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced messaging service (EMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an immediate messaging (IM) message, an immediate messaging and presence services (IMPS) message, a mobile e-mail message, a Internet protocol-based multimedia service (IMS) message, and a TCP/IP message.
  • SMS short message service
  • EMS enhanced messaging service
  • MMS multimedia messaging service
  • IM immediate messaging
  • IMS Internet protocol-based multimedia service
  • TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol
  • the recipient device could further comprise a phonebook and the recipient device could further be configured to determine if the phonebook includes an entry for the sender device, and to store the sender-personalized notification as a custom notification conesponding to an entry associated with the sender device such that the notification received as the sender-personalized notification will be played by the recipient device when the recipient device receives a call from the sender device.
  • the sender-personalized notification processing mechanism could further be configured to determine if a phonebook of the wireless device includes an entry for a sender of the call, and to store the sender- personalized notification as a custom notification conesponding to an entry associated with the sender of the call such that the custom notification will be played by the wireless device when the wireless device receives a call from the sender of the call.
  • the sender-personalized notification processing mechanism could further be configured to determine if a phonebook of the fixed line device includes an entry fr a sender of the call, and to store the sender- personalized notification as a custom notification conesponding to an entry associated with the sender of the call such that the custom notification will be played by the fixed line device when the fixed line device receives a call from the sender of the call.
  • the sender-personalized notification processing mechanism could further be configured to process a software upgrade sent as the sender-personalized notification on the fixed line device when a type of the sender-personalized notification is a software upgrade.

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Cette invention porte sur un système destiné à envoyer une notification personnalisée par un expéditeur. Ce système comprend un dispositif expéditeur (401) et un dispositif destinataire (402), le dispositif expéditeur étant configuré pour sélectionner la notification personnalisée par l'expéditeur et une destination de cette notification correspondant au dispositif destinataire et pour envoyer la notification personnalisée par l'expéditeur au dispositif destinataire. Le dispositif destinataire est également configuré pour recevoir un signal correspondant à la notification personnalisée par l'expéditeur et pour la traiter en vue de faire entrer les appels provenant du dispositif expéditeur ou d'une entité associée.
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