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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Yonghui Tong, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Max Glenn Faulkner, Roswell, GA (US);
Jeffrey Mikan, Atlanta, GA (US);
Yonghui Tong, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Max Glenn Faulkner, Roswell, GA (US);
Jeffrey Mikan, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a USSD assisted remote ring tone control service allowing a first mobile device to remotely add a ring tone and activate the ring tone of a second mobile device. A first mobile device contains a remote ring-tone control logic. The remote ring-tone control logic interacts with a USSD gateway server to send a ring tone to a second mobile device and remotely activates the ring tone. This requires authorization by a policy server which is in communication with the USSD gateway server. Once authorized, the first mobile device can upload a ring tone to a ring tone cache or find a ring tone on a network. The first mobile device then sends a URL to the second mobile device pointing to the ring tone either in the ring tone cache or elsewhere on the network. The second mobile device then downloads the ring tone. Once the download is confirmed the second mobile device activates the ring tone. The next time the first communications device makes a call to the second mobile device, the ring tone sounds through the second mobile device.