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Defined ringing tone segments in an audio source

A technology for ringtones and audio files, which is applied in the field of labeling in the middle of music files, and can solve problems such as pleasing

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-12-19
NOKIA CORP
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These intros may not be musically pleasing or noticeable enough to be used as ringtones to alert the user of an incoming call

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[0042] Currently, ringtones are one of the preferred mobile media that users purchase for their devices. However, it would be advantageous to use one or more audio segments of a music file already stored in the mobile terminal as a ring tone to alert the user of an incoming call or message. Figure 1 shows an audio or music file (musicFile34) stored in a mobile terminal with one or more defined file segments to be used as ringtones. In addition to music files, the mobile terminal also stores information or associated data identifying pieces of those files. Associated data may be embedded in the music file as header information or other data combined with the music file. The associated data may also be stored separately from the music files in a location recognizable by the mobile terminal. For example, associated data may be stored as "ringToneData34" in XML format in a discrete memory area in the mobile terminal as follows:

[0043] ringToneData34

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Abstract

A method of using a normal music file, such as an MP3 file, stored in a mobile terminal to produce a ringing tone. The music file comprises a plurality of file segments, some of the segments having associated data identifying the segments such that when the mobile terminal receives a telephone call or message, one or more of the identified segments are used to produce the ringing tone. The associated data can be stored as header information of the music file or stored in a separate memory. The associated data can be provided by a data service from which the music file is purchased. Alternatively, the file segments to be used to produce the ringing tone are selected by the user and the associated data is also provided by the user using a software program.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to ringtone generation in mobile terminals, and more particularly to the identification of segments in music files for use as ringtones. Background technique [0002] As the capacity of memory in mobile terminals increases, it is possible to store lengthy audio files such as complete songs in MPS3 format. It would be advantageous to use the stored audio file as a ring tone for the mobile terminal. However, many audio files are too long to be used as ring tones or audio alerts. In addition, not all audio files have an identifiable melody segment at the beginning of the file, so that the beginning segment can be extracted for ringtone purposes. For example, some songs may have a single-note string as their opening segment, while other songs may have extremely slow-paced audio segments. These intros may not be musically pleasing or noticeable enough to be used as ringtones to alert the user of an incoming call. ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04M19/04
CPCH04M19/04
Inventor A·安特蒂拉
Owner NOKIA CORP