Sender-Controlled Ringtone Switching via Messaging Application
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for mobile communication services face inconvenience when trying to transmit simple messages as ring data, as they require continuous changes and may inadvertently transmit messages to the wrong recipient during calls or text message transmissions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for switching and outputting a sender-controlled incoming ringtone, where user terminals and a sender-specific incoming ringtone providing server work together to convert and transmit ringtone messages as voice or text notifications, allowing senders to control the output of ringtone messages on receiver terminals during calls or text messages, ensuring the message is set and output correctly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If ring data is continuously changed to transmit simple messages, then message transmission capability is improved, but system complexity and user inconvenience increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates message transmission from ring data by introducing a dedicated messaging application layer. The messaging function is segmented as an independent application that communicates through standardized protocols rather than continuously modifying ring data structures, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining message transmission capability.
Solution Approach 2:
A messaging application serves as an intermediary between the user and the communication system. Instead of directly modifying ring data to transmit messages, the messaging application uses standardized message protocols and interfaces, acting as a mediator that simplifies the transmission process and reduces direct manipulation of underlying system data structures.
2Ease of operation
If ring data method is used to transmit messages, then message delivery is enabled, but message misrouting to wrong recipients occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing dedicated message transmission protocols and recipient verification mechanisms before message delivery. The messaging application pre-configures message routing paths and validates recipient information before transmission, preventing misrouting issues that occur with ad-hoc ring data modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The messaging system incorporates feedback mechanisms including message delivery confirmation and recipient verification. The system provides feedback loops that confirm message routing accuracy and allow for correction of routing errors, thereby improving reliability while maintaining ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If sender-controlled ringtone switching is implemented, then user convenience and message accuracy are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sender-controlled ringtone switching system enables users to self-configure message transmission parameters and ringtone settings through an intuitive application interface. The messaging application automatically handles the complexity of ringtone switching based on user preferences, providing self-service functionality that improves convenience without requiring users to understand underlying system complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a system for switching and outputting a sender-controlled incoming ringtone, in which applications transmitting a message to be transmitted to each counterpart of a phone call or text message transmission and automatically setting and outputting the message as the ringtone when a receiver receives the message transmitted by the sender are installed in a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, respectively, such that the message set by the sender is output as the ringtone of the receiver terminal by the control of the sender when making a voice call or transmitting the text message, and a method therefor.