WO2009125418A2 - Procédé et système permettant d’utiliser un fichier multimédia comme tonalité de retour d'appel - Google Patents

Procédé et système permettant d’utiliser un fichier multimédia comme tonalité de retour d'appel Download PDF

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WO2009125418A2
WO2009125418A2 PCT/IN2008/000240 IN2008000240W WO2009125418A2 WO 2009125418 A2 WO2009125418 A2 WO 2009125418A2 IN 2008000240 W IN2008000240 W IN 2008000240W WO 2009125418 A2 WO2009125418 A2 WO 2009125418A2
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Gopalkrishnan Satish
Bhat Rajesh
Mohanan Rajesh
Soumya Shankar Panda
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42136—Administration or customisation of services
    • H04M3/42153—Administration or customisation of services by subscriber
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42017—Customized ring-back tones

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  • TITLE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING MEDIA FILE AS RBT
  • the invention relates to ring back tones ih telecommunication systems. More ⁇ specifically, the invention relates to a method and a system for setting a media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • a caller when a caller makes a call to a callee using her communication terminal, the caller hears a call progress tone.
  • the communication terminal include, but are not limited to, a mobile phone, a wireless and a landline phone.
  • the call progress tone is heard by the caller till the callee responds to the call and initiates a conversation with the caller.
  • the call progress tone may be, for example, but not limited to, a ring-back tone (RBT), a call busy tone and a call-waiting tone.
  • RBT is usually a monotonous sound heard by a caller while waiting for a callee to respond to a call.
  • the RBT conventionally a monotonous sound, can be replaced by other tones or a plurality of tones.
  • Examples of tone may be, but not limited to, song, advertisement, music, news, and sports commentary.
  • Users have an option to select an RBT of their choice by subscribing to an RBT service.
  • An individual subscribed to an RBT service is hereinafter referred to as an RBT subscriber.
  • the RBT service enables the RBT subscriber to choose a particular tone or a plurality of tones as the RBT.
  • the RBT heard by the caller can be selected by the callee, by the telecommunication service provider or by the caller herself.
  • RBT radio frequency spectrometry
  • users can only set RBTs that are available with the telecommunication service provider.
  • the process of choosing an RBT is cumbersome and lengthy. Users may have to browse through a huge list of RBT to reach the desired RBT and in a circumstance of call failure in the process, users may have to start again from the beginning. Further, advertisement of RBT service is restricted to the users of the telecommunication service provider. A large number of users remain uninformed about RBT service. This is an undesired advertising limitation faced by RBT service providers.
  • users may wish to set a song as RBT which they have just heard. The users may not wish to go through the lengthy process of searching the desired song from a huge list of RBT and may eventually give up the idea of setting RBT.
  • RBT service which allows users to choose their RBT from a wider range of RBTs. Also, there is a need to advertise the RBT service to a wider set of audience to increase the revenue of RBT service providers. Further, there is a need of a method by which wide viewership of media houses could be used as a platform for advertising RBT services. In a similar way there is a need of media house to evaluate their popularity and promote their brand value and contents through the telecommunication service providers.
  • RBT Ring back Tone
  • Media broadcasted clip is a multimedia file broadcasted on a broadcasting network. Examples of media broadcasted clip may include, but not limited to, songs, movie clip, speech, recorded performance, and television/radio commercials.
  • Request A request placed by a user over a telecommunication infrastructure.
  • the user may place a request by sending an SMS, a voice mail or by making a call.
  • the request may be for setting an RBT.
  • a method and a system for setting media broadcasted clip as ring back tone (RBT) is disclosed.
  • the invention enable users to set a media broadcasted clip as RBT, thus increasing the options available to users for choosing RBT.
  • users can set a plurality of media broadcasted clips as RBT.
  • the system receives a request and verifies if the request is coming from a RBT subscribed user. In an embodiment in accordance with the invention, the system subscribes the user to RBT service when user is not a RBT subscriber. In yet another embodiment, the system verifies if the telecommunication service provider of the user supports media broadcasted clips as RBT.
  • the system sets the media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • the system provides subscription statistics for each media house to users and to the media house.
  • the system provides a separate web based interface to media house for checking the subscription details regularly.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating a telecommunication environment with RBT system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for setting a media broadcasted clip as RBT of a user
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic illustrating the RBT system and its elements according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic illustrating the application server and its elements according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating the method for setting a media broadcasted clip as RBT of a user after checking the pre-defined conditions.
  • central database 110 is a Home Location Register (HLR).
  • the subscription information for each subscriber includes a unique identifier for the subscriber, communication terminal number of the subscriber, current location of the subscriber, various services the subscriber is registered to, and the likes.
  • User 102 sends a request to RBT system 112 by using a communication terminal.
  • MSC 108 receives the request and establishes a connection with RBT system 112.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating the method for setting a media broadcasted clip as RBT of the user in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • the media broadcasted clip is broadcasted over a broadcasting network.
  • broadcasting network include, but are not limited to, television channel and radio channel.
  • User 102 may initiate a request for setting the media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • user 102 watches the media broadcasted clip and sends the request for setting RBT.
  • user 102 watches a plurality of media broadcasted clips and sends the ⁇ request for setting the plurality of media broadcasted clips as RBT.
  • the request is routed through MSC 108 to RBT system 112.
  • RBT system 112 receives the request for setting RBT.
  • the request may contain specific details about the requested RBT.
  • the specific details may include, but not limited to a media code and subscription period.
  • the media code may be a text, a number or any combination thereof.
  • the media code may be a serial number assigned to the song while broadcasting over the broadcasting network.
  • the media code may be the title of the song.
  • a plurality of media broadcasted clips may have a single media code.
  • RBT system 112 sets the media broadcasted clip as RBT of user 102.
  • a user profile of user 102 is updated by RBT system 112. Updating the profile of user 102 may include, without limitation, updating RBT for user 102 and updating date and time of subscription.
  • RBT system 112 sets the plurality of media broadcasted clip as RBT of user 102.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating RBT system 112 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • RBT system 1 12 receives the request for setting media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • RBT system 112 includes signaling cards 302, media cards 304 and application server 306. Signaling cards 302 and media cards 304 enable communication with MSC 108. In an embodiment of the invention application server 306 receives the request for setting media broadcasted clip as RBT of user 102.
  • Signaling cards 302 are used for processing signals from MSC 108.
  • the signals provide specific information related to the call.
  • MSC 108 sends signals regarding initiation of call by user 102, termination of call by user 102 etc.
  • the signals are transmitted using standard protocols such as SS7 protocol.
  • An example of signaling cards 302 is NMS TX-4000 cards.
  • Signaling cards 302 include a software component used for signal handling. The software component may be written in C/C++ or any other programming language.
  • Media cards 304 are used for processing media, for example playback, recording, Dual-tone Multi-frequency (DTMF) etc., to and from MSC 108.
  • An example of media cards 304 is NMS AG-4040 card.
  • Media cards 304 include a software component used for media processing and handling. The software component may be written in C/C++ or any other programming language.
  • Media cards 304 and signaling cards 302 are connected to application server 306 and serve as a link between MSC 108 and application server 306. Further, application server 306 includes various applications based on computer programming languages like JAVA, C/C++, etc. Different applications are invoked based on input from signaling cards 302 and media cards 304. For example, when user 102 initiates a call, an application for playing RBT is invoked. Application server 306 is discussed in detail in conjunction with FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating application server 306 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • application server 306 includes a content management module 402, an RBT player 404, a provisioning module 406, a reporting module 408, and a third party interface 410.
  • Content management module 402 is a database for storing media broadcasted clips. Content management module 402 is accessible to other components of application server 306 through provisioning module 406. Content management module 402 contains subscription information of users. Contents of content management module 402 may be modified and updated by an RBT administrator.
  • RBT player 404 is module for playing RBT when user 102 receives a call.
  • RBT player 404 receives instructions from provisioning module 406 for playing a particular RBT.
  • the instructions may include, but not limited to a content id code and time duration of playing RBT file.
  • Provisioning module 406 of application server 1 12 makes decisions based on the pre-defined conditions.
  • Provisioning module 406 checks if pre-defined conditions are satisfied.
  • the pre-defined conditions may include, but not limited to checking RBT subscription of user 102, checking telecommunication service providers support for the VAS 1 checking balance of user 102. In case the pre-defined conditions are satisfied, provisioning module 406 sets RBT for user 102 by updating the user profile in content management module 402.
  • Updating the profile of user 102 may include, without limitation, updating RBT for user 102, updating a user identifier, and updating date and time of subscription.
  • the user identifier may include, but not limited to, name of user 102, communication terminal number of user 102, location of user 102, and gender of user 102.
  • Reporting module 408 is connected to provisioning module 404 and third party interface 410.
  • Reporting module 408 is a database which maintains statistics of RBT subscription.
  • the statistics may include, but not limited to subscription details about specific media clips, frequency of RBT requests for a particular media broadcasted clip, trends of RBT requests for a particular media broadcasted clip, and comparative RBT request statistics for different media houses.
  • Third party interface 410 is an interface allowing a third party to retrieve contents of reporting module 408.
  • third party interface 410 is a web based interface.
  • the web based interface may have login for individuals and media houses. Individuals and media houses may login on the web based interface and view the statistics provided by reporting module 408.
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating the method for setting a media broadcasted clip as RBT of the user in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • media house broadcasts the media broadcasted clip over the broadcasting network along with the media code.
  • media broadcasted clip may include, but not limited to a serial, a movie clip, a speech, recorded performance a commercial, and performance.
  • broadcasting network includes but not limited to television broadcasting network and radio broadcasting network.
  • the media code is broadcasted simultaneously with the media broadcasted clip. For example, in a television the media code is displayed at the bottom of the screen when the performance is being broadcasted. In another embodiment according to the invention the media code is played any time during the performance is played.
  • the media code may be announced at any time during the performance.
  • a plurality of media broadcasted clips may have a single media code.
  • User 102 may request for setting the plurality of media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • the media clips in the plurality may be played in a defined order or may be played at random.
  • the media broadcasted clip is stored in content management module 402 before the broadcast of the media broadcasted clip over the broadcasting network.
  • the RBT administrator may obtain the media broadcasted clip from the media house prior to the broadcast.
  • the media house may provide the RBT administrator with a schedule of media broadcasted for a week or a month in advance.
  • the media broadcasted clip is not present with RBT system 1 12 at time when the media broadcasted clip is being broadcasted.
  • RBT system 112 may obtain the media broadcasted clip from the media house upon receiving a request for setting RBT for the media broadcasted clip.
  • the media code broadcasted along with the media broadcasted clip may be predetermined by the media house in consultation with the RBT administrator.
  • provisioning module 406 receiving a request for setting the media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • the request may be placed by user 102 using her communication terminal.
  • user 102 may wish to set a media broadcasted clip as RBT after watching the broadcast on a broadcasting network.
  • User 102 may place the request along with the media code for the media broadcasted clip.
  • the request is received by the provisioning module 406 of RBT system 112.
  • provisioning module 406 checks certain pre-defined conditions prior to setting of RBT. In an embodiment according to the invention, while checking the pre-defined conditions, provisioning module 406 checks if user 102 requesting for RBT is a subscriber of RBT service. In another embodiment according to the invention, provisioning module 406 checks if telecommunication service provider of user 102 supports the media broadcasted clip for setting as RBT. In yet another embodiment according to the invention, provisioning module 406 checks if user 102 has sufficient funds in her account to subscribe for RBT service.
  • provisioning module 406 provides a prompt to user 102 after checking the pre-defined conditions.
  • the prompt may be a text message, an audio message, a call etc.
  • user 102 may be prompted to subscribe to the RBT service for setting the media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • user 102 may be informed that her telecommunication service provider does not support setting the media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • user 102 may be informed of in sufficient funds and prompted to recharge the funds in her account in order to set the media broadcasted clip as RBT.
  • provisioning module 406 subscribes user 102 to RBT service.
  • provisioning module 406 updates the database in content management module 402. Updating the content management module includes but not limited to updating RBT subscription information, subscription duration, and subscription charges.
  • content management module 402 contains a content id for each media broadcasted clip.
  • the content id is a unique code assigned to each media broadcasted clip stored in content management module 402.
  • the content id is generated by the RBT administrator.
  • content management module also contains a table containing a mapping of the media code and corresponding content ids.
  • the media code is the code broadcasted along with the media broadcasted clip and the content id is the unique code for referring to media broadcasted clip stored in content management module 402.
  • a plurality of media broadcasted clips may have a single media code.
  • the single media code may be used by user 102 to refer to the plurality of media broadcasted clips.
  • the code refers to a plurality of media clips
  • the code is mapped with all the content ids of media clips of the plurality.
  • RBT system While playing RBT corresponding to a particular code, RBT system identifies the content ids associated with the code.
  • the media clips corresponding to all the content ids identified are played as RBT.
  • provisioning module 406 provides content management module 402 the media code sent by user 102 in the request.
  • Content management module 402 upon receiving the media code uses the table to identify the media broadcasted clip associated with the request.
  • reporting module 408 is a database maintaining various statistics related to subscription.
  • Reporting module 408 connects to content management module 402 periodically to obtain details such as subscription date, time, media broadcasted clip and user 102 information.
  • User 102 information may include but not limited to geography, language, and job description.
  • Reporting module 408 may generate various statistics after obtaining user 102 information. Examples of statistics may include, but not limited to, number of subscriber for the media broadcasted clip, frequency of subscription for the media broadcasted clip, subscription trends for the media broadcasted clip and comparative number of subscription for the media broadcasted clips from different media houses. Reporting module 408 maintains these statistics and allows individuals and media houses to view these after logging in through third party interface 410.
  • third party interface 410 may be a web based interface with various options available to an interface user.
  • the interface user may be an individual and a media house.
  • the options available at third party interface 410 may include but not limited to selecting date range, selecting media house, selecting the media broadcasted clip and selecting the statistics.
  • the interface user is available with options including but not limited to selecting multiple media houses and corresponding media broadcasted clips.
  • the statistics provided by reporting module 408 may be useful for user 102 in identifying the popular media broadcasted clips. Further, statistics may be useful for media houses in benchmarking the popularity of their broadcasted contents.

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L'invention porte sur un procédé et sur un système permettant d’utiliser la diffusion d’un clip multimédia comme tonalité de retour d'appel (RBT). Le clip multimédia est diffusé sur un réseau de diffusion, conjointement avec un code multimédia. Un utilisateur peut placer une requête pour utiliser un clip multimédia associé à un code multimédia comme RBT de son téléphone mobile. Lorsque les conditions prédéfinies du procédé sont satisfaites, le clip multimédia est installé comme RBT sur l’appareil de l'utilisateur.
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