GENERATION OF MULTI-MEDIA RINGTONES FROM A FRIEND'S RECENT SOCIAL DATA
A communications device includes a receiver to receive social data of a friend of a user of the communications device and an animator to animate the social data for playing on the communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between the user and the friend.
1 . A method implementable in software, the method comprising:
receiving social data of a friend of a user of a communications device; and
animating said social data for playing on said communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend.
2 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said social data is accessible to said user via a social network.
3 . The method according to claim 1 and also comprising previously associating said social data of a friend with said friend's contact information.
4 . The method according to claim 1 and wherein said animating comprises animating said social data as an animated ringtone.
5 . The method according to claim 1 and also comprising previously downloading said social data.
6 . The method according to claim 5 and wherein said previously downloading also comprises:
accessing said social data from said social network without input from said user.
7 . The method according to claim 6 and also comprising:
periodically performing said accessing; and
storing said received social data on said user's communication device.
8 . The method according to claim 1 and wherein said triggering event is at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, an ongoing call, an end of a call, and an SMS alert.
9 . The method according to claim 1 and wherein said animating comprises producing a slide show from said social data.
10 . The method according to claim 1 and wherein said social data comprises at least one of images, text and facts.
11 . A communications device comprising:
A receiver to receive social data of a friend of a user of said communications device; and
An animator to animate said social data for playing on said communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend.
12 . The communications device according to claim 11 wherein said communications device comprises a modem to access said social data via a social network.
13 . The communications device according to claim 11 and also comprising a contact list in which to previously associate said social data of a friend with said friend's contact information.
14 . The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said animator comprises a unit to provide said animated social data to a media player as an animated ringtone.
15 . The communications device according to claim 11 and also comprising a downloader to previously download said social data.
16 . The communications device according to claim 15 and wherein said downloader comprises:
A unit to access said social data from said social network without input from said user.
17 . The communications device according to claim 16 and also comprising:
An activator to periodically perform said accessing; and
A storage unit to store said received social data on said user's communication device.
18 . The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said triggering event is at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, an ongoing call, an end of a call, and an SMS alert.
19 . The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said animator comprises a slide show generator to produce a slide show from said social data.
20 . The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said social data comprises at least one of: images, text and facts.