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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Charles Eckel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alison Paige Andrews, Oakland, CA (US);
Najeeb Haddad, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Charles Eckel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alison Paige Andrews, Oakland, CA (US);
Najeeb Haddad, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for representing the attributes of an incoming call are disclosed. A determination module is used to determine certain attributes of an incoming call. The attributes can be the caller ID, urgency of call or call location, among others. The determined attributes are then converted into an audio-tone that is representative of the incoming call. Characteristics, such as pitch, volume and cadence of the audio-tone are chosen to represent the attributes of the incoming call.