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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Taryn Moody, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Doree Duncan Seligmann, New York, NY (US);
Taryn Moody, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Doree Duncan Seligmann, New York, NY (US);
Avaya Technologies Corp, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling multiple telecommunications terminals that are associated with a common user to notify their user of the arrival of an incoming message via a ringtone, where the ringtone is: (i) coordinated across the terminals, and (ii) customized for each terminal based on one or more attributes of the terminal. In particular, in the illustrative embodiments a coordinating terminal that receives a message also directed to another telecommunications terminal sets the values of one or more properties of a ringtone (e.g., tempo, timbre, pitch, rhythm, etc.) based on one or more attributes of the other telecommunications terminal (e.g., terminal type, etc.).