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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Kosol Jintaseranee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Soshant Bali, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kosol Jintaseranee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Soshant Bali, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for distributing ringtones are provided. A callee device, such as a cellular telephone, may receive an association request, via a communication network, that contains a reference to a ringtone and an identifier of a caller device. In response to receiving the association request, the callee device may form an association between the ringtone and the caller device. Then, upon receiving an indication that the caller device has initiated a call to the callee device, the callee device may play out the ringtone.