| US 7,493,125 B2 | ||
| Methods and apparatus for providing location enabled ring tones or ring backs | ||
| Harsha S. Nagesh, Berkeley Heights, N.J. (US); Viswanath Poosala, Basking Ridge, N.J. (US); and Shengqiang Wang, Raleigh, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/150,540. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0291640 A1, Dec. 28, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—456.1 [455/566; 455/567; 455/414.2; 455/415] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method for providing a personalized location enabled indicator comprising:
obtaining location information for a mobile device of a called party; and
providing said personalized location enabled indicator to a calling party, said personalized location enabled indicator being
a function of the location information for the mobile device of the called party, wherein the personalized location enabled
indicator is a ring tone or ring back, and the method further comprises:
storing a plurality of location enabled ring tones or ring backs or ring tones and ring backs which are a function of the
location information; and
providing the location enabled ring tone or ring back from the plurality of stored location enabled ring tones or ring backs
or ring tones and ring backs.
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