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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Sreenivasa Rao Gorti, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Mark Mueller, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Huitao Liu, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sreenivasa Rao Gorti, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Mark Mueller, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Huitao Liu, Round Rock, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Devices, methods and systems for enhanced ringing features on communications terminals. Flexible user-established rules, customized in a subscriber profile database, enable the ring-tone to vary based on caller-id, caller priority, call-urgency (as determined by caller), call context and so forth. Call set-up logic applies the profile rules prior to completing the call set-up. 'Buzz-tones' extend the basic distinctive ringing feature to the 'silent' mode that is currently available on cell-phones, which is of particular utility to subscribers with hearing disabilities. Other kinds of alerts (audio/motion/visual) like flashing colors on a display, moving pictures and the like, and any combination of notification modes, are contemplated by alternative embodiments.