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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 01, 2003
Douglas Deeds, Bedford, TX (US);
Douglas Deeds, Bedford, TX (US);
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method for facilitating identification of a telephone, whereby a determination is made whether a custom ring tune has been set for the mobile telephone. If it is determined that a custom ring tune has been set for the mobile telephone, then the custom ring tune is generated. If it is determined that a custom ring tune has not been set for the mobile telephone, then a unique identifier of the mobile telephone is determined, a ring tune corresponding to the unique identifier is determined, and the ring tune corresponding to the unique identifier is generated. Thus, a mobile telephone may generate a distinct ring tune without requiring a user to program such a distinct ring tune.