WO2006002645A1 - Procede et systeme de generation et de distribution de donnees de sonnerie a des appareils de communication mobile - Google Patents

Procede et systeme de generation et de distribution de donnees de sonnerie a des appareils de communication mobile Download PDF

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WO2006002645A1
WO2006002645A1 PCT/DK2005/000473 DK2005000473W WO2006002645A1 WO 2006002645 A1 WO2006002645 A1 WO 2006002645A1 DK 2005000473 W DK2005000473 W DK 2005000473W WO 2006002645 A1 WO2006002645 A1 WO 2006002645A1
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Henrik Sten Petersen
Thomas Flindt Jeppesen
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Copenhagen Indoor Golf Center A/S
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
    • H04M19/041—Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability

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  • the present invention relates to a method of generating and distributing ring tone data for mobile communication units, such as mobile phones, portable digital assis ⁇ tants (PDAs) and the like. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system for generat ⁇ ing and distributing ring tone data to mobile communication units, such as mobile phones, portable digital assistants and the like. More specifically the invention re ⁇ lates to a method and a system that makes it possible for a user of a mobile commu ⁇ nication unit to obtain a high degree of customisation for the ring tone of the unit.
  • Mobile phones are often programmed with a number of ring tones, which a user of the mobile phone can choose in a menu on the mobile phone.
  • These ring tones are often simple polyphonic melodies. These polyphonic melodies only provide a lim ⁇ ited possibility for the user of a mobile phone to customise the ring tone with his or her favourite sound, which for instance could be the sound of a Fl Ferrari, the sound of a tennis serve, or the sound from a recent concert.
  • a user of a mobile phone will often want to have sound clips from a re ⁇ cent sport event and the like and use these as ring tone. For example, many users would probably have used the sound of Phil Michelson holing the winning putt of the Masters 2004 in the days after the event, had they had the possibility to do so.
  • US patent application 2003/0109251 discloses a method that allows users to use their favourite ring tones for their mobile phone.
  • the method comprises receiving a sound from a first mobile phone, generating ring tone data from the sound, storing the ring tone data in a server, receiving a download request from a second mobile phone, and sending the ring tone data from the server to the second mobile phone in response to the download request.
  • the ring tone data is subsequently used for gener ⁇ ating a ring tone of the second mobile phone.
  • the method described above has the disadvantage that only sound recorded by a first user of mobile phone can be used by a second user of a mobile phone. Further ⁇ more, it is practically impossible to place the mobile phone so that it can record the sound of the event of interest, e.g. the sound of goal scored in soccer. Additionally, the quality of a recorded sound clip from a mobile phone is often of a poor quality, thereby making it uninteresting to use the recorded sound as a ring tone.
  • the method further includes the step of announcing that the ring tone data is available for download.
  • the above steps occur approximately in real-time. Thereby it is possible, for instance, making the sound clip of the goal scored available immediately after it has occurred and announcing that the sound clip is available as ring tone data for download right away. The user of a mobile communication unit can subsequently download the ring tone data.
  • the method further includes the step of sending the ring tone data to the mobile communication unit upon receipt of a download request from the mobile communication unit.
  • the ring tone data is stored on the mobile communication unit upon receiving the ring tone data.
  • the user of a mobile communication unit can download a sound clip as a ring tone from the server.
  • the user can thereafter use the sound clip as a ring tone for the unit.
  • the ring tone can be the sound clip of an event, which has occurred just prior to the downloading of the ring tone.
  • a system for generating and dis ⁇ tributing ring tone data to mobile communication units including recording equipment for recording sound from an event, such as a sports match, a concert, and the like, a server for storing the recorded sound, a network for sending the recorded sound to the server, means for extracting a sound clip from the recorded sound, means for converting the sound clip to ring tone data, and means for announcing or displaying that ring tone data is ready for download.
  • the system further includes a venue, such as a sports stadium, a concert hall, etc., capable of receiving an audi ⁇ ence, and where the means for announcing or displaying that the ring tone data is ready for download are displays and/or loudspeakers, which are adapted to be viewed or heard by the members of the audience.
  • the announcement can be made via an SMS or similar sent to the mobile communication unit.
  • the recording of the sound with use of the recording equipment the con ⁇ version of the sound to ring tone data, and making the ring tone data available for download occurs approximately in real-time.
  • the system further includes a mobile communication unit, which can download the sound clips available on the server, and a second network for sending the sound clips from the server to the mo ⁇ bile communication unit.
  • the second network is the same as the network for sending the recorded sound.
  • Fig. 1 is a system according to the invention for generating and distributing ring tone data.
  • Fig. 1 shows a system for recording sound clips, converting these sound clips to ring tone data, and distributing the ring tone data to a mobile communication unit.
  • the communication unit can be a mobile phone, a portable digital assistant (PDA) or the like, but a mobile phone is used in the following example.
  • the system comprises sound recording equipment, which includes a microphone 11 to record the sound and a computer 12 for storing the recorded sound. It is of course possible to store the recorded sound with use of other storing means such as a tape recorder, a mini disc, etc.
  • the recorded sound can be stored in any sound format, such as wav files, mp3 files, midi files, MLD files, and the like.
  • the recorded sound is sent via a network 13 to a server 14 on which different sound clips are stored.
  • the sound clips are sent to a computer 15, which converts the sound clip to a ring tone data format.
  • the file conversion can also be carried out electronically without the use of a computer.
  • the ring tone data is available on the server 14, it is announced 16 that the ring tone data can be downloaded. If the user of the mobile phone 10 is following a live event on the television 17 or the radio 18, the announcement can be made in these media, for instance by displaying a text message on the television 18 or the radio commentator announces it verbally.
  • the user of the mobile phone 10 sends a request to download a given sound clip from the server 14.
  • the server subsequently sends the sound clip as ring tone data via a network 19 to a wireless base station 20, which transmits the ring tone data to the mobile phone 10.
  • the ring tone data is stored on the mobile phone 10, and the user can subsequently use the downloaded ring tone data (or sound clip) as a ring tone of the mobile phone 10.
  • the recorded sound can be streamed continuously in real-time to the server 14.
  • an operator of the ring tone data generating and distributing system can sample the time period of in ⁇ terest (e.g. the last five seconds of the streaming) from the recorded sound and con- vert this into a sound clip, which subsequently can be converted to a ring tone data format.
  • the sound from an event of interest is made available as a ring tone of mobile phones immediately after the event has occurred.
  • the sound can be recorded directly by the sound equipment used at the particular TV or radio event or streamed from the TV or radio transmission.
  • the recorded sound can thereby include the commentator voice.
  • the use of special recording equipment can be necessary in order to obtain sound clips of a desired quality. This is also necessary at venues such as a sporting event and concerts, where the user do not follow the event on the television or radio.
  • the recording equipment 10, 11, the network for sending the recorded sound, the server 14 for storing the recorded sound, the network 13 for sending the recorded sound to the server 14, and the computer 15 for converting a sound clip to ring tone data can be included in one unit 21 or several units.
  • the one unit system 21 is par ⁇ ticular interesting at venues held at for instance a sport stadium, a concert hall and the like.
  • the organisers of the venue can place sound recording equipment at different locations at the premises.
  • a microphone can be positioned at both goals or direction sensitive microphones can be directed at the goals and on the spectators.
  • the sound picked up by the micro ⁇ phones is continuously recorded and once a special occurrence has happened at the venue or event, the organisers can convert the sound from this occurrence to a sound clip or a sample and subsequently convert the sound to ring tone data.
  • a sound clip or a sample e.g. a sound clip or a sample
  • a sound clip or a sample e.g. a sample
  • a sound clip or a sample e.g. a sample
  • the sound of the goal or the sound of the spectators shouting or singing with joy e.g. a goal scored
  • the sound of the goal or the sound of the spectators shouting or singing with joy or a mixture thereof
  • can be downloaded as a ring tone for a mo ⁇ bile phone for instance by sending an SMS to a particular phone number.
  • the ring tone data can also be made available for download via the internet so that the user can download the sound clip at a later time.
  • the sound clip is thereby made available immediately after the occurrence, where the memory of the event is still fresh in the mind of the user.
  • the network 14 for transmitting the recorded sound can be the same as the network 19 for sending the ring tone data.
  • the above system makes it possible for a user of a mobile phone to obtain a high degree of customisation for the ring tone of the mobile phone. This is particular relevant for sports sounds, since many people are enthusiastic about sports.
  • the sys ⁇ tem makes it possible to download a sound from their favourite sport, for instance the sound of a Formula 1 car speeding out of the pit stop, the sound of goal scored at a soccer game, the sound of a tennis serve, the sound of a golf swing or a putt, etc.
  • the system is of course not restricted to sports sounds. For instance, the sound of Bruce Springsteen shouting: 'Hello New Jersey' at a concert could be converted to ring tone data. Similarly, the system could be used at other concert or music events such as the European Song Contest.
  • the server 15 can of course be used to store old sound clips as well so that the user of a mobile phone both can choose from sound clips of recent events and old events. For instance, the commentator sound and the sounds from the football stadium dur ⁇ ing the Euro 1992 soccer championship are still very vivid in the mind of people in Denmark. These sound clips can be stored on the server as well, making a more varying choice available to the user. These sound clips can also be used for pre- customising mobile phones, PDA's and the like.
  • the mobile phone can be sold with pre-installed sound clips, thereby making it possible to sell mobile phones with a theme, for example a Tiger Woods phone with sound clips of Tiger Woods at vari ⁇ ous events, a Ferrari phone with the sound clips of a Formula 1 Ferrari at various races, etc.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de génération et de distribution de données de sonnerie à des appareils de communication mobile (10), tels que des téléphones mobiles, des assistants numériques portatifs et analogues. Le procédé consiste à enregistrer du son au moyen d'un matériel d'enregistrement du son (11, 12); envoyer le son enregistré à un serveur (14); extraire une séquence sonore du son enregistré; convertir la séquence sonore en données de sonnerie; et rendre les données de sonnerie disponibles pour le téléchargement dans un appareil de communication mobile (10). L'invention concerne également un système de génération et de distribution de données de sonnerie à des appareils de communication mobile (10), tels que des téléphones mobiles, des assistants numériques portatifs et analogues. Le système comprend: un matériel d'enregistrement du son (11, 12) servant à enregistrer du son d'un événement, tel qu'une rencontre sportive, un concert, etc.; un serveur (14) pour stocker le son enregistré; un réseau (13) pour envoyer le son enregistré au serveur (14); un moyen pour extraire une séquence sonore du son enregistré; un moyen pour convertir la séquence sonore en données de sonnerie; et un moyen pour annoncer (16, 18) ou présenter (18) l'information selon laquelle les données de sonnerie sont prêtes pour le téléchargement.
PCT/DK2005/000473 2004-07-07 2005-07-06 Procede et systeme de generation et de distribution de donnees de sonnerie a des appareils de communication mobile WO2006002645A1 (fr)

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