Customized Ring Back Tone Storage in Called Terminal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Ring Back Tone (RBT) services are complex and require modifications to network devices, limiting user customization options as they rely on content providers for limited RBT offerings.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that provide customized information by adding an information storage unit and play unit within the called terminal, allowing for the storage and transmission of customized information, such as voice, video, or graphic information, without adding communication devices to the network side, enabling users to select and manage their own RBTs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If RBT service is implemented using conventional network devices, then the service can be provided, but the system complexity increases and user customization options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The called terminal stores and autonomously manages customized information locally, enabling users to select and manage their own RBTs without requiring complex network-side management systems. The terminal itself performs the service function rather than relying on external content providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The RBT service function is extracted from the network side and relocated to the terminal side. By storing customized information directly in the called terminal's information storage unit, the patent eliminates the need for complex network device modifications and content provider infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If network devices are modified to provide RBT service, then customized information can be transmitted, but the implementation becomes complex requiring multiple communication devices to work in collaboration
Solution Approach 1:
The called terminal autonomously stores, manages, and transmits customized information without requiring external content providers or complex network-side RBT servers. The terminal performs all service functions locally, eliminating the need for multiple collaborating communication devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The called terminal performs multiple functions including storing customized information, selecting appropriate RBTs based on caller identity, and transmitting the customized information to the caller terminal, replacing the need for multiple specialized network devices.
3Ease of operation
If content providers provide RBTs at designated locations, then RBT service can be delivered, but user demand for full customization is not satisfied
Solution Approach 1:
Users directly manage their own customized information in the called terminal, selecting and configuring RBTs according to their preferences without being limited by content provider catalogs. The terminal stores multiple customized information items and allows user-selected RBTs to be played back autonomously.
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AI summary
An apparatus for providing customized information, including: a control unit used for sending a trigger signal to a play unit upon receiving a call request from a caller terminal, an information storage unit used for storing the customized information, and a play unit used for sending the customized information obtained from the information storage unit to the caller terminal. A method for providing customized information, including: obtaining and storing the customized information by the called terminal, and sending the customized information stored to the caller terminal by the called terminal upon receiving a call request from the caller terminal.