Customizable Reverse Ring Tone Multimedia Delivery
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current telephony systems do not allow called parties to send data/bearer streams, including voice, text, images, or video to calling parties before the called party answers the telephone, limiting communication during call initiation.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where a calling communication device sends a call set-up message and receives a call establishment message that includes a prerecorded multimedia message from the called party, which can be played instead of a reverse ring tone, allowing for the transmission of voice, text, images, or video before the call is answered.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional telephony systems are used, then call establishment is simple and reliable, but communication capabilities before call answering are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the call establishment process into distinct phases: call initiation, message delivery phase, and call answering. During the intermediate phase between call initiation and answering, a multimedia message can be delivered to the calling party. This segmentation allows enhanced communication capabilities without fundamentally redesigning the entire telephony system, as each phase can be handled independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by delivering multimedia messages to the calling party before the called party answers the call. The called party can pre-record messages that are automatically delivered during the call setup phase, enabling communication preparation and information conveyance before the actual conversation begins.
2Loss of information
If multimedia messages are transmitted during call setup, then information conveyance is enhanced, but call establishment time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-recording multimedia messages with the called party before the call is initiated. When a call is made, these pre-prepared messages are automatically delivered during the call setup phase, eliminating the need for real-time message creation and transmission, thus minimizing additional time requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by transmitting multimedia messages (audio, video, text) as data streams during call establishment. These messages are copied and delivered to the calling party's device without requiring the actual physical presence or real-time interaction of the called party, enabling efficient information conveyance.
3Loss of information
If reverse ring tone messages are used, then caller information is conveyed, but communication modalities remain limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by enabling a single call establishment message to carry multiple types of information in different modalities. The same message structure can convey audio messages, video content, text information, or images, making the system versatile and adaptable to various communication needs rather than being limited to traditional reverse ring tone audio only.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds another dimension to traditional reverse ring tone by incorporating multimedia elements. Instead of仅限于音频的反向环回音, the system can deliver video, text, and images alongside or instead of audio messages, expanding the communication from one-dimensional audio to multi-dimensional multimedia expression.
Data Source
AI summary
An improved system and method to provide important information either, as voice, text, picture, holographic image or video from the called party to a calling party before the called party answers a telephone. The information may be a recorded voice, text, image or video message. The called party may send a voice message, for example, and send it along with a call alerting message. The voice message may be recorded beforehand. Instead of the calling party's telephone playing a ringback signal, the recorded voice message is played or a data/bearer stream is heard. The calling party hears the voice message instead of the ringback tone normally heard when there is an incoming telephone call. If the calling and called party have telephones, such as mobile phones, IP phones, IP softphones, PDA with telephony capabilities, etc., which allow for multimedia messages such as text, images and video messages, the called party's recorded voice message may include text, images or video.