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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:

Centurylink Intellectual Property Llp, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey M. Sweeney, Olathe, KS (US);

Kelsyn D. Rooks, Overland Park, KS (US);

Michael C. Robinson, Overland Park, KS (US);

Robert J. Morrill, Denver, CO (US);

Charles E. Lumbirt, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04M 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04M 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for playing ringtones on a communication device. User preferences indicating a desired method for selecting a ringtone are received from the number of ringtones. The ringtone is selected from the number of ringtones based on the user preferences indicating the desired method for selecting the ringtone from the number of ringtones. Playback of the ringtone is initiated for playback on the communication device in response to being selected.


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