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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Gerald W. Pfleging, Batavia, IL (US);
George P. Wilkin, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
David A. Zahn, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gerald W. Pfleging, Batavia, IL (US);
George P. Wilkin, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
David A. Zahn, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/56 (2006.01); H04M 15/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A request is received from a user of a communication device to block a use of a ring tone remotely selected by another user for an incoming call to the communication device. The ring tone remotely selected by the other user is blocked from being played to the user of the communication device on the incoming call to the communication device.