ringtones?

[Giles Jones]

On 18 Jul 2007, at 21:48, Jeff Andros wrote:

> it might be worth while to have no other notification except a  
> script fired off when the call comes in (think SVN hooks)  It would  
> allow you to customize logging(fork off a call log script), and  
> make it really easy for other applications to provide call-based  
> services ( I.E. if the call is not answered in 30 seconds, and wifi  
> is available, attempt to run as a voip gateway and route the call  
> to your [desktop|server|voip answering machine service]). oh yeah,  
> and it might pull up some kind of audio player so you can hear it ring

Sounds like a plan. But I think scripts of the text form would be a  
bit too involved for a phone. I was thinking that there could be a  
notification agent in the phone which applies rules and can act on them.

So for instance if you receive a text message containing a word you  
could auto-open it or play a sound, display a message. This could  
also be used for ringtones, when a certain person calls, maybe add a  
date/time condition.

It would be along the lines of email rules, except available to  
email, sms and phone calls. It would be a sort of script, but built  
in an easy GUI fashion.