MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PLAYING RING TONE THEREOF

• Main Authors: WANG, Fan, WANG, Shanquan, TANG, Yuanzu, ZHANG, Wanming, HE, Haiying, LEI, Ming
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.11.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A mobile terminal and a ringtone playing method thereof are provided. The playing method includes: selecting a music file which is to be set as a ringtone, and popping up a playing preview interface corresponding to the music file and, meanwhile, playing the music file; sliding a cursor of the playing preview interface to select a playing start position and a playing end position on a playing progress bar corresponding to the music file so as to acquire and save playing information of the ringtone, wherein the playing information comprises a playing start time point and a playing end time point of the ringtone; and in response to occurrence of a ringing event, reading the saved playing information of the ringtone and playing a music clip between the playing start time point and the playing end time point. In this way, the present disclosure not only allows a user to freely select a desired music clip as the ringtone in a convenient and efficient way, but also satisfies the user's demands for individualized ringtone setting by associating the ringtone with a playing object of the ringing event.