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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Faisal M. Awada, Round Rock, TX (US);
Joe Nathan Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Bernard Burkes, Round Rock, TX (US);
Faisal M. Awada, Round Rock, TX (US);
Joe Nathan Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Bernard Burkes, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for a mobile device for managing ring tones. A radio frequency transmission is detected from another mobile device. In response to detecting the radio frequency transmission from the other mobile device, a ring tone used by the other mobile device is identified to form an identified ring tone. The current ring tone is selectively changed for the mobile device to an alternate ring tone, depending on the identified ring tone.