Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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TELEPHONE PERSONALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS
[0001] This application claims priority from Provisional U.S. Patent
Application Serial Number
60/885,642, filed January 19, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference
in its entirety.
[0002] This application includes material which is subject to copyright
protection. The
copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of
the patent
disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office files or records,
but otherwise
reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
FIELD
[0003] The instant disclosure relates to the field of telephonic
communications and, more
specifically, describes a system and methods through which a cellular
telephone can push or
provide individualized forms of expression.
BACKGROUND
[0004] Cellular telephones are an increasingly prevalent part of society. They
permit people to
remain in contact through a variety of means, including more traditional voice
conversations, as
well as through Short Message Service ("SMS") messages and attachments
thereto.
[0005] As cellular telephone coverage improves and cellular telephones begin
to support
alternative communications means, such as, without limitation, those based on
voice over
Internet Protocol ("VoIP") technology, users are becoming increasingly reliant
upon their
cellular telephones. As a result of the increased usage necessitated by this
reliance, users are
also becoming more interested in personalizing their phones. For example, some
users assign
specific ring tones to individual contacts in the telephone's address book,
thus permitting them
to easily identify the caller associated with an incoming call. Some users
even create and/or
download additional ring tones.
[0006] A recently introduced personalization feature is what is generally
referred to as a "ring-
back" tone. A ring-back tone is a sound, song, or the like that is played when
a caller is
attempting to contact a particular user. By way of example, if Joe's mother
attempted to call
Joe, Joe's mother would hear the ring-back tone Joe selected. In some cases,
the ring-back tone
can be caller-specific, much like a ring tone.
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SUMMARY
[0007] What are needed are additional means through which a cellular telephone
or other
communications device can be further personalized. Accordingly, the instant
disclosure is
directed to a telephone personalization system and related methods that
substantially obviates
one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the
related art.
[0008] Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth
in the description
which follows, and in part will be apparent from this disclosure, or may be
learned by practice of
the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the instant system and
method will be
realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in this
written description,
including any claims contained herein and the appended drawings.
[0009] Prior personalization systems included only passive means, such as ring
tones and ring-
back tones, through which a user could personalize their cellular telephone.
By contrast, the
telephone personalization system described herein permits the user to define
social networks
(alternatively referred to herein as "tribes") and to project information,
including a mood, to
members of such social networks or to individual contacts. Users can select
from a set of pre-
defined attitudes, images, ring tones, and other attributes to be projected,
and can add or create
their own attributes and/or purchase or download additional attributes to
further facilitate
personalization.
[0010] An embodiment of the personalization system and method comprises a
method of
projecting information about a first user from a first device associated with
the first user to at
least one device associated with a first group of friends, comprising
receiving from a user a first
set of contacts, wherein each contact in the first set of contacts has device
contact information
associated therewith; storing the first set of contacts in a first device
associated with the first
user; permitting the user to define the first group of friends, wherein the
first group of friends
comprises members of the first set of contacts; storing the first group of
friends; receiving from
the user information to be projected to the first group of friends; retrieving
the device contact
information from the first set of contacts for each member of the first group
of friends;
transmitting the information to the first group of friends; and, causing the
device associated with
each member of the first group of friends to associate the information with
the user.
[0011] In some embodiments, the first device may be a telephone, such as,
without limitation, a
cellular telephone. In some embodiments, the device contact information may
comprise a
Uniform Resource Locator ("URL"); a network address, such as, without
limitation, an Internet
Protocol address, a Machine Access Code ("MAC") address, or the like; and/or a
telephone
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number. In some embodiments, the information may comprise text, video, a
static or animated
picture, a ring tone, or the like.
[0012] In some embodiments, the step of associating the information with the
first user
comprises causing the information to be stored as part of a contact list entry
in the device. By
way of example, without limitation, where the information comprises an image,
the image may
be substituted for or included with any image currently associated with the
user in the device's
contact list.
[0013] In some embodiments, the information is presented when the device
receives a call from
the user. By way of example, without limitation, the device may display the
text, display the
picture, play the ringtone, or play the video, as appropriate, when the device
receives an
incoming call from the user.
[0014] In some embodiments, the method may further comprise identifying as a
second device
any device associated with a member of the first group of friends that is not
capable of utilizing
the information and facilitating the installation of software on the second
device such that the
second device is capable of utilizing the information.
[0015] In some embodiments, the information may be transmitted to the device
using SMS,
HTTP, or other such communications protocol.
[0016] In some embodiments, the first group of friends may be stored remotely
from the first
device, thereby allowing the user to easily modify the first group of friends
via a World Wide
Web site or the like, without having to incur additional charges on his or her
cellular telephone
bill, and without needing to have the first device present.
[0017] In some embodiments, the first group of friends may comprise one or
more entries. By
way of example, without limitation, although the method is generally described
as applying to a
plurality of friends, the method can be readily applied to a single friend,
such that the user can
convey mood and other information to that individual.
[0018] In some embodiments, the information may comprise at least one color.
By way of
example, without limitation, the device cause any fonts used when displaying
information about
the user to be displayed in the color; the device may cause the background
color of a contact list
entry for the user to match or reflect the color; or the device may cause the
screen to utilize the
color as a background color for any SMS messages received from the user or
when a call is
received from the user.
[0019] Some embodiments comprises a method of projecting information about a
first user from
a first telephone associated with the first user to at least one telephone
associated with a first
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group of friends, comprising: receiving from a user a first set of contacts,
wherein each contact
in the first set of contacts has at least one telephone number associated
therewith; storing the
first set of contacts in a first telephone associated with the first user;
permitting the user to define
the first group of friends, wherein the first group of friends comprises
members of the first set of
contacts; storing the first group of friends; identifying as a second
telephone any telephone
associated with a member of the first group of friends that is not capable of
utilizing the
information and facilitating the installation of software on the second
telephone such that the
second telephone is capable of utilizing the information; receiving from the
user information to
be projected to the first group of friends; retrieving the telephone contact
information from the
first set of contacts for each member of the first group of friends;
transmitting the information to
the first group of friends; and, causing the telephone associated with each
member of the first
group of friends to associate the information with the user.
[0020] It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and
the following
detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide
further
explanation of the disclosed telephone personalization system and methods.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further
understanding of
the disclosed telephone personalization system and methods and are
incorporated in and
constitute a part of this specification, illustrate various embodiments and,
together with the
description, serve to explain the principles of at least one embodiment of the
disclosed telephone
personalization system and methods.
[0022] In the drawings:
[0023] Figure 1 is a simulated traditional cellular telephone, including a
screen.
[0024] Figure 2 is an exemplary contact list on a cellular telephone on which
the disclosed
telephone personalization system and methods have been installed.
[0025] Figure 3 is an exemplary introductory user interface.
[0026] Figure 4 is an exemplary tribe information entry user interface.
[0027] Figure 5 is an exemplary tribe picture selection user interface.
[0028] Figure 6 is an exemplary tribe attitude selection user interface.
[0029] Figure 7 is an exemplary mood/attitude picture selection user
interface.
[0030] Figure 8 is an exemplary tribe creation confirmation user interface.
[0031] Figure 9 is an exemplary tribe member selection user interface.
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[0032] Figure 10 is an exemplary tribe membership invitation user interface.
[0033] Figure 11 is an exemplary tribe control confirmation user interface.
[0034] Figure 12 is an exemplary tribe mood change user interface.
[0035] Figure 13 is an exemplary tribe mood change confirmation user
interface.
[0036] Figure 14 is an exemplary individual contact menu.
[0037] Figure 15 is an exemplary individual contact mood selection user
interface.
[0038] Figure 16 is an exemplary individual contact mood selection
confirmation user interface.
[0039] Figure 17 is an exemplary user interface through which a user can
confirm that a contact
is to be deleted from a tribe.
[0040] Figure 18 is an exemplary graphical display of the contact being
removed from the tribe.
[0041] Figure 19 is an exemplary telephone control panel.
[0042] Figure 20 is an exemplary user interface through which a user can
indicate a desire to
purchase additional pictures for use with personalization of the user's
cellular telephone.
[0043] Figure 21 is an exemplary user interface through which a user can
select among a catalog
of available pictures.
[0044] Figure 22 is an exemplary user interface which can be presented once a
user has
purchased a selected picture.
[0045] Figure 23 is an exemplary user interface through which a purchased
picture can be
shared with a tribe.
[0046] Figure 24 is an exemplary user interface through which a user can
select one or more
tribes with whom a picture is to be shared.
[0047] Figure 25 is an exemplary SMS message that facilitates installing
software that facilitates
the disclosed telephone personalization system and methods.
[0048] Figure 26 is an exemplary user interface through which a user initiates
the installation of
software that facilitates the disclosed telephone personalization system and
methods.
[0049] Figure 27 is an exemplary user interface that is displayed as the
disclosed telephone
personalization system and methods are downloaded and installed on a cellular
telephone.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0050] Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the disclosed
telephone
personalization system, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
[0051] Figure 1 is a simulated traditional cellular telephone. Such a cellular
telephone can
comprise a navigation means such as navigation button 100, an "enter" button
110, menu
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selection buttons 120, and a screen 130. Screen 130 can display information to
a user, and
buttons 100, 110, and 120 can permit the user to interact with the cellular
telephone, including
facilitating interactions based on information displayed on screen 130.
[0052] Figure 2 is an exemplary contact list on a cellular telephone on which
an embodiments of
the disclosed telephone personalization system and methods has been
implemented. In the
embodiment illustrated in Figure 2, as with traditional contact lists, each
contact list entry 210
can have associated therewith a photograph 220. A name 230 and additional
information,
including, without limitation, one or more E-mail addresses, Internet Protocol
("IP") addresses,
and/or telephone numbers, can also be associated with each such contact list
entry. In some
embodiments, personalization client, which comprises one or more software
modules executed
by cellular telephone, can modify a contact list entry such that it has one or
more tribe icons 200,
and one or more tribe membership pictures 240 associated therewith. Tribe icon
200 can be
displayed alongside a contact list entry when that entry corresponds to a
tribe, thereby providing
an easily identifiable means for distinguishing between tribe contact list
entries and contact list
entries corresponding to a person. The term person, as used herein in the
context of contact list
entries, is intended to encompass both individuals and other types of
entities, including
businesses, governmental agencies, service providers, or the like. Tribe
membership picture 240
provides a visual means for readily identifying whether a person corresponding
to a contact list
entry is a member of one or more tribes and, if so, at least one of the
tribe(s) of which they are a
member.
[0053] A tribe is a collection of one or more persons, and represents a social
network of people
through which the members can interact. As will be discussed in more detail
below, a user can
create a tribe at will, and can define the members of the tribe. In some
embodiments, tribes are
user-specific; that is, a tribe member may not have any knowledge of their
membership in that
particular tribe, or the existence or identity other tribe members. In some
embodiments, other
users may have knowledge of the other tribe members and/or the existence of
the tribe, but may
not be permitted to modify a tribe's membership. Some embodiments allow all
tribe members
to control the tribe's membership, including modifying information associated
with another tribe
member, voting to remove a member of the tribe, and the like. In some such
embodiments,
these levels of awareness and control can be modified by the user creating the
tribe, thereby
providing additional flexibility.
[0054] In some embodiments, the telephone personalization system and methods
described
herein are implemented in software that can be run by a microprocessor or
other such device on
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the cellular telephone, hereinafter referred to as a personalization client.
Personalization client
may be installed on the telephone at the time the telephone is purchased by
the user, or the user
may install personalization client after the telephone is purchased. In some
embodiments,
personalization client may be implemented as one or more software modules
written in a
portable language, such as, but not limited to, JAVA, J2ME, Binary Runtime
Envirement for
Wireless ("BREW"), or the like, thereby facilitating software compatibility
across various
telephone models.
[0055] In some embodiments, cellular telephone may comprise a contact list,
personalization
client, one or more microprocessors, and one or more data storage devices.
Personalization
client, executing on the cellular telephone, can access the contact list and
data stored in the data
storage device(s). In some embodiments, the contact list can comprise the
contact list elements
and functionality described above. In some embodiments, the data storage
device(s) may
comprise memory internal to the cellular telephone, such as, but not limited
to, NAND Flash,
NOR Flash, or the like. In some embodiments, the data storage device(s) may
further comprise
a removable memory device, such as, but not limited to, TransFlash,
SecureDigital ("SD"), xD,
miniSD, MMC Mobile, hard disk drive, or the like.
[0056] When the user first uses the telephone personalization system and
methods, the
personalization client can present the user with an exemplary introductory
user interface similar
to that of Figure 3. In some embodiments, many of the personalization features
revolve around
the concept of a tribe, and therefore the user may first be prompted to create
a tribe. By pressing
one of selection buttons 120 the user can indicate their desire to create a
tribe. In some
embodiments, the tribe creation process walks the user through entering at
least a minimum set
of information necessary to define a tribe.
[0057] Figure 4 is an exemplary tribe information entry user interface. In
this user interface, the
user is prompted to enter a name for the tribe. Once the tribe's name has been
entered, the user
may be prompted to select a picture to be associated with the tribe, such as
by using a tribe
photograph selection user interface similar to that of Figure 5. Such a
picture may be selected
from a set of pictures stored on the telephone, including without limitation,
photographs taken
by the user, photographs sent to the user by other users, pictures sent to the
user by other users,
pictures and/or photographs provided by third parties, and pictures purchased
by the user from
one or more service providers. Such pictures may be still or animated,
including, without
limitation, full motion video. Such pictures may be stored in one or more data
storage device(s)
of the cellular telephone. Pictures may also be obtained from devices external
to the telephone,
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including devices in communication with the telephone via a wired or wireless
Internet
connection; a Bluetooth or other wireless connection; or a wired connection. A
picture may also
have one or more sounds associated therewith, or a sound may be substituted
for a picture.
[0058] One motivation users may have for using the telephone personalization
system and
methods described herein is that they can project an attitude or emotion to
other tribe members
or users. Figure 6 is an exemplary tribe-specific attitude configuration user
interface. In such a
user interface, the user is able to select from a series of pre-defined
attitudes, or to create a new
attitude. The user can then define a series of tribe-specific preferences to
be associated with the
attitude, which can be accomplished via a user interface similar to that of
Figure 7. In some
embodiments, the attitude may further comprise instructions to actuate the
vibrate functionality
of tribe member's cellular telephones in relation to the attitude. By way of
example, without
limitation, if the attitude is "anger", the tribe member's cellular telephones
may vibrate in
multiple high intensity bursts, whereas if the attitude is "sad", the
vibration may be a single long
burst of low intensity vibration.
[0059] Once the tribe has been defined and basic tribe attributes have been
entered, the
personalization client may present the user with a tribe creation confirmation
user interface
similar to that of Figure 8, and the user may be prompted to select the
tribe's members. Figure 9
is an exemplary tribe member selection user interface. Once the tribe's
members have been
selected, the user is given an option to invite the members to participate in
the tribe, such as
through the user interface illustrated in Figure 10.
[0060] In some embodiments, the user can elect to not send such an invitation,
the tribe is a
locally-defined tribe, and may only be known to and controlled by the user. In
such
embodiments, by sending an invitation to one or more selected tribe members,
the user can
indicate that the other invited members are to have some level of knowledge
about and/or
control over the tribe, and the user can specify the level of such knowledge
and/or control. In
some embodiments, the system may seek permission of the user creating a tribe
before
performing certain actions initiated by tribe members.
[0061] In some embodiments, once the tribe has been fully defined, including,
without
limitation, the definition of appropriate tribe attributes and the selection
of at least one tribe
member, the personalization client presents the user with a user interface
similar to that of
Figure 11 which confirms that the user has created and is in control of the
tribe.
[0062] As described above, a feature of the telephone personalization system
and methods is the
ability to project an attitude to tribe members. Users may frequently wish to
alter their projected
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mood, and Figure 12 is an exemplary tribe mood change user interface. In such
an interface, the
user simply selects the mood or attitude to be projected to the tribe members,
and this new mood
selection can be confirmed to the user by a user interface such as that of
Figure 13.
[0063] In some embodiments, the personalization client provides enhancements
to the menus
and other features typically installed on or associated with a telephone. By
way of example,
without limitation, where a telephone manufacturer or other such party makes
available an
application programmer interface ("API"), the telephone personalization system
and methods
can be implemented by the personalization client utilizing the functions
available through the
API. Figure 14 is an exemplary individual contact menu which has been modified
through the
use of such an API to include the "Ban from tribe" and "Set a specific mood"
commands. By
selecting the "Set a specific mood" command, the user can project a mood to a
particular
contact, and may do so through an individual contact mood selection user
interface such as that
of Figure 15. In an embodiment, such a selection overrides any mood selections
associated with
any tribes to which the contact belongs. When the user has selected a desired
mood, an
individual contact mood selection confirmation user interface similar to that
of Figure 16 may be
displayed.
[0064] By selecting the "Ban from tribe" command from the individual contact
menu of Figure
14, the user can indicate that a contact is to be removed from a tribe. Figure
17 is an exemplary
user interface through which a user can confirm that the contact is to be
deleted from a tribe. In
an embodiment, an animated picture, such as one based on the picture
illustrated in Figure 18,
may be displayed to illustrate the removal of the contact from the tribe.
[0065] In addition to providing access to features of the telephone
personalization system and
methods by enhancing the menus and other user interface elements available on
a telephone, the
personalization client may also allow a user to access the personalization
features through a
more narrowly tailored user interface or series of user interfaces. By way of
example, without
limitation, the personalization client allows the personalization features to
be accessed through a
control panel applet similar to that illustrated in Figure 19.
[0066] One such personalization feature that can be made available through the
control panel
applet is the ability to purchase additional pictures that can be used with a
tribe. Figure 20
illustrates an exemplary user interface through which a user can indicate a
desire to purchase
such additional pictures. When the user selects the "Buy new pictures" menu
item, the user is
presented with a user interface similar to that of Figure 21, through which
the user can browse
and select from among a catalog of available pictures. The user can select one
or more pictures
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to be purchased or otherwise obtained from such a catalog, and can perform any
E-commerce
related activities through the telephone. In some embodiments, the cost of
purchasing such
pictures may be added to the user's telephone bill. Once the user has obtained
a picture, the user
may be presented with a user interface similar to that of Figure 22, in which
the obtained
picture(s) are displayed. The user may then be asked whether the obtained
picture(s) should be
shared with one or more tribes, as illustrated by the user interface in Figure
23, and the user can
select the tribe(s) with which the picture(s) are to be shared. In an
embodiment, sharing a
picture with a tribe comprises permitting the tribe members to view the
picture, but the tribe
members may not have rights to use the picture for their own purposes.
[0067] Through the telephone personalization system and methods described
herein, a telephone
user can create social networks and project information to members of such
social networks;
easily distribute SMS, E-mail, or other messages to members of such social
networks; and even
project mood information to individual contacts. While detailed and specific
embodiments of
implementing the telephone personalization system and methods via cellular
telephone-to-
cellular telephone data transmission have been described herein, it will be
apparent to those
skilled in the art that various changes and modifications, including, but not
limited to,
interjecting a server as an intermediary can be made therein without departing
from the spirit
and scope of the telephone personalization system and methods. Thus, it is
intended that the
present disclosure cover these modifications and variations provided they come
within the scope
of any appended claims and/or their equivalents.
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Change your mood
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Broadcast an SMS
You can also broadcast a SMS to a whole tribe.
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Add new content
You can select extra content for MyEgo.
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Add new content
You can see the content of your handset's locker matches the content of your
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Add new content
Relaunch MyEgo and check you can use the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Add user generated content
Now you will upload a picture you shoot with the phone.
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