Patents by Inventor Steve VISINTAINER

Steve VISINTAINER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Custom ringback tone systems and methods
    Patent number: 9131046
    Abstract: A ringback tone service may be configured by determining an indication to suggest one or more callers to a user of a mobile-telephony device and obtaining historical call data describing recent calls placed by recent callers to the mobile-telephony device in a recent period of time. After identifying a number of frequent callers for whom no custom ringback tone is currently provisioned, the user is prompted to select from a list of custom ringback tones that are available to provision for incoming calls from the frequent caller(s). In some cases, the user may send a message to the caller, allowing the caller to select his or her own custom ringback tone via a user interface provided by a ringback tone-service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Lee, Steve Visintainer
  • CUSTOM RINGBACK TONE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140066033
    Abstract: A ringback tone service may be configured by determining an indication to suggest one or more callers to a user of a mobile-telephony device and obtaining historical call data describing recent calls placed by recent callers to the mobile-telephony device in a recent period of time. After identifying a number of frequent callers for whom no custom ringback tone is currently provisioned, the user is prompted to select from a list of custom ringback tones that are available to provision for incoming calls from the frequent caller(s). In some cases, the user may send a message to the caller, allowing the caller to select his or her own custom ringback tone via a user interface provided by a ringback tone-service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun LEE, Steve VISINTAINER