Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus

1. A method comprising:

providing, to a communication device, a plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals;

providing, to the communication device, a link detector configured to determine whenever a communication link for the communication device has terminated either intentionally or unintentionally;

providing, to the communication device, a notification system configured to

generate,

in response to determining that the communication link has terminated for whatever reason and without regard as to whether the communication link terminated intentionally or unintentionally and why the communication link has terminated, at the communication device,

a unique user selected corresponding signal by

selecting the unique user selected corresponding signal from amongst the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals to indicate termination of the communication link,

wherein the unique user selected corresponding signal comprises

at least one of musical content and spoken content, and the unique user selected corresponding signal is not used by the communication device for other annunciation or notice.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting the unique user selected corresponding signal includes

retrieving audio signal content from a memory of the communication device and

using the audio signal content to provide the unique user selected corresponding signal.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein

the audio signal content comprises an MP3-compatible audio file.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein

the audio signal content has a duration of at least three minutes.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein

the notification system is configured to limit the audio signal content to a predetermined size.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein

the predetermined size is a duration of time; and

the audio signal content consists of instrumental musical content.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of

providing, to the communication device, the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals

includes

transmitting a first portion of the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals to the communication device, and

transmitting a signal provisioner to the communication device, the signal provisioner providing a second portion of the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals, wherein the second portion is factory preset on the communication device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein

selecting the unique user selected corresponding signal from amongst the plurality of

available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals includes

changing the unique user selected corresponding signal from a factory preset signal.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein

the musical content is a polyphonic series of tones.

10. A method comprising:

providing, to a communication device, a plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals;

providing, to the communication device, a link detector configured to determine whenever a communication link for the communication device has terminated either intentionally or unintentionally;

providing, to the communication device, a notification system configured to

generate,

in response to determining that the communication link has terminated for whatever reason and without regard as to why the communication link has terminated and whether the communication link terminated intentionally or unintentionally, at the communication device,

a first unique user selected corresponding signal by

selecting the first unique user selected corresponding signal from amongst the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals to indicate termination of the communication link,

wherein the first unique user selected corresponding signal comprises

at least one of an audible signal and a haptic signal, and

the first unique user selected corresponding signal is not used by the communication device for other annunciation or notice.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein

the notification system is configured to

generate,

in response to determining that the communication link has terminated for whatever reason and without regard as to why the communication link has terminated,

at the communication device,

a second unique user selected corresponding signal by

selecting the second unique user selected corresponding signal from amongst the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals to indicate termination of the communication link,

wherein

the first unique user selected corresponding signal is the audible signal and

the second unique user selected corresponding signal is the haptic signal.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein

the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals includes both the audible signal and the haptic signal.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein

selecting the first unique user selected corresponding signal from amongst the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals

includes

changing the first unique user selected corresponding signal from a factory preset signal.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein

the notification system is configured to defeat the generation of the first unique user selected corresponding signal upon a user request.

15. The method of claim 10

wherein the first unique user selected corresponding signal is an MP3-compatible audio file;

wherein the step of

providing, to the communication device, the plurality of available candidate

unique user selectable corresponding signals

includes

transmitting a first portion of the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals to the communication device, and

transmitting a signal provisioner to the communication device, the signal provisioner providing a second portion of the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals, wherein the second portion is factory preset on the communication device; and

wherein

selecting the first unique user selected corresponding signal from amongst the plurality of available candidate unique user selectable corresponding signals includes

changing the first unique user selected corresponding signal from a factory preset signal.

16. A communication device having a communication link termination detector that detects intentional and unintentional terminations of a communication link being used by the communication device, the communication device comprising:

at least one stored audible signal that identifies a termination event, wherein the at least one stored audible signal comprises a user selectable signal comprising at least one of musical content and spoken content;

an audible signal driver that is operably coupled to the at least one stored audible signal and responsive to the communication link termination detector, such that the audible signal driver is configured to cause, regardless of whether the termination is intentional or unintentional, the at least one stored audible signal to be rendered audible in response to the communication link termination detector detecting the termination of the communication link to thereby uniquely indicate that the communication link has been terminated, wherein the at least one stored audible signal is not used by the communication device for other annunciation or notice.

17. The communication device of claim 16 wherein

the musical content is a polyphonic series of tones.

18. The communication device of claim 16 further comprising:

a factory default signal, and

a selection system configured to receive a user selection and replace the factory default signal with the at least one stored audible signal that comprises the user selectable signal.

19. The communication device of claim 18

wherein the selection system limits the at least one stored audible signal to a predetermined size.