Mobile Terminal Personalized Call Setup Audio Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile electronic devices lack personalized audio content options for call setup, limiting user customization and enhancing the overall user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow users to select and play personalized audio content, such as ring tones or audio files, during the call setup period by acquiring and storing contact information with associated audio data, and initiating calls while playing back the selected audio content, which can be stored locally or retrieved from a communications network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If default ring tone is used for all calls, then device complexity is reduced, but user customization and personalization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the contact information storage by dividing it into two parts: traditional contact details (name, number) stored in the phone book and personalized audio content stored separately in a dedicated database. This segmentation allows the system to maintain basic functionality while adding customization capabilities without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-storing personalized audio content in the database before the call occurs. When a user initiates a call, the system automatically retrieves and plays the pre-selected audio content associated with the contact entry, eliminating the need for real-time customization decisions and reducing operational complexity.
2Ease of operation
If personalized audio content is stored and played for each contact, then user experience is enhanced, but data storage requirements and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the personalized audio content from the main contact information structure and stores it separately in a dedicated database. This extraction allows the system to maintain simple contact management while adding sophisticated audio personalization, as the audio data is retrieved independently when needed rather than being embedded in every contact record.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary database structure that mediates between the simple contact list and the personalized audio content. This intermediary layer allows efficient retrieval and management of audio files without complicating the basic contact storage and retrieval mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If audio playback is automatic upon call initiation, then user interaction is streamlined, but control over playback timing is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic playback control by allowing the system to automatically initiate audio playback upon call initiation while also providing users with the ability to stop or modify playback based on real-time conditions. The system dynamically adjusts playback behavior based on call status, ensuring both automation and user control coexist.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor call status and user actions. When a user stops the call or changes the call state, the system receives feedback and automatically adjusts the audio playback accordingly, maintaining user control while preserving the convenience of automatic playback initiation.
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AI summary
A method of personalizing a call set-up of a mobile radio terminal includes acquiring contact information associated with a callable device. The contact information includes call set-up audio data corresponding to audio content selected by a user of the device. The contact information is stored as an entry in a database maintained by the mobile radio terminal. The audio content corresponding to the call set-up audio data is played back when the entry is selected.