| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 379207160 | Ringing signal (e.g. having a predetermined cadence or distinctive ring) | 58 |
| 20080260134 | Apparatus, Method, And Computer Program Product For Outputting Audio Data During A Communication - A method for outputting audio data during a communication is provided. The method involves initiating an at least bilateral communications state, such as a bilateral audio communications state, between a first communications device and a second communications device. A pre-defined audio composition, such as a song, is caused to emanate at least temporarily during the bilateral communications state and substantially contemporaneously from each of the first and second communications devices. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided according to other aspects. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090041220 | RING-TONE IDENTIFIATIONOF URGENT PHONE CALLS - A method for activating a distinctive ring-tone can include the steps of extracting caller identifying data from an incoming phone call; comparing the caller identifying data to data in a caller list; determining whether the caller is authorized to activate a distinctive ring-tone based upon the comparison; and, activating a distinctive ring-tone if the caller is authorized and if a request to activate a distinctive ring-tone can be detected in the incoming phone call. The extracting step can include the step of extracting a source phone number from the incoming phone call. The determining step can include the step of determining whether the caller has been included in the caller list as an authorized caller. Conversely, the determining step comprises the step of determining whether the caller has been included in the caller list as an unauthorized caller. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090046844 | CALLING PARTY RINGTONE SELECTION IN TELEPHONE SYSTEM - A ringtone system is provided to a called party that wishes to have a particular ringtone annunciated for each of several types of calls from calling parties. In the ringtone system, for a call from a calling party, the calling party is prompted to identify the type of the call. The type of the call is received from the calling party, and if no type is received, the call is typed in a particular manner. A list of types of calls with respect to and as specified by the called party is maintained, where each type of call on the list has a corresponding ringtone specified therefor. The typed call is processed by determining from the list of types of calls for the called party the corresponding ringtone specified for the typed call, and by putting the call through to the called party with the determined ringtone. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090067605 | Video Sequence for a Musical Alert - A method of creating a video sequence for display in synchronization with a musical alert including selecting one or more images; modifying the one or more selected images in dependence upon musical metadata for the musical alert to create a video sequence, wherein the extent and/or type of modification is dependent upon the musical metadata; and playing the video sequence with the musical alert. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090080634 | TELEPHONE AND INCOMING CALL NOTIFICATION METHOD FOR TELEPHONE - A telephone and an incoming call notification method for the telephone in which telephone book data can be used to sound an incoming call sound of a specified date such as a birthday for a specific caller. When an incoming call to the mobile telephone of the present invention arrives from another telephone (s | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090110171 | PROPERLY PLAYING IN-BAND TONES BEFORE CALL ESTABLISHMENT WHEN PERFORMING PROTOCOL INTERWORKING - In one embodiment, interworking procedures between H.323 and SIP ensure that in-band tones and announcements, along with local and remote ringback, are properly played or generated. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090116632 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPLICATING RING BACK TONES - The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a method for replicating ring back tone (RBT). In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of sending a Play and Collect request to a media resource server (MRS) by an application server (AS), playing an RBT subscribed by the called party to the calling party and obtaining a Replicate RBT request initiated by the calling party according to the Play and Collect request by the MRS, receiving the Replicate RBT request obtained and sent by the MRS, by the AS, and sending a Replicate RBT command to an RBT platform according to the received Replicate RBT request by the AS, the Replicate RBT command carrying RBT replication information and instructing the RBT platform to replicate the requested RBT to an information library of the calling party. The invention also relates to a system and apparatus for implementing same. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090154680 | CALL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ADVERTISING METHOD - A call notification system method, computer program and advertising method are disclosed. A call notification is generated at a recipient system ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090161853 | System and Method of Delivering Ringback Audio Content - A system and method of delivering ringback audio content are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a connection request at an originating serving call session control function (S-CSCF) network element. The connection request indicates that a caller device has placed a call to a destination device associated with a ringback audio content service subscriber. The method also includes receiving a plurality of naming authority pointer (NAPTR) records at the originating S-CSCF network element from a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server. The NAPTR records include a plurality of ringback audio uniform resource indicators (URIs) associated with the destination device. The method also includes modifying the connection request to include the plurality of ringback audio URIs. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161854 | System and Method of Providing Ringback Video - A system and method of providing ringback video are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a connection request at an originating serving call session control function (S-CSCF) network element. The connection request indicates that a caller device has placed a call to a destination device associated with a ringback video service subscriber. The method also includes receiving a plurality of naming authority pointer (NAPTR) records at the originating S-CSCF network element from a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server. The NAPTR records include a plurality of ringback video uniform resource indicators (URIs) associated with the destination device. The method also includes modifying the connection request to include the plurality of ringback video URIs and sending the modified connection request to a terminating S-CSCF that communicates with the destination device. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090175430 | CALL HANDLING FOR INCOMING TELEPHONE CALLS - Provided is a method for handling telephone calls directed to a telephony connection associated with a plurality of telephone numbers, wherein incoming calls made to the plurality of telephone numbers are announced by different ring tones. The method comprises receiving over the telephony connection a signal carrying ring tone information indicative of an incoming call. The method further comprises processing the ring tone information to differentiate the ring tone currently conveyed in the telephony connection from other possible ring tones that the telephony connection can carry. The method still further comprises handling the incoming call on the basis of the differentiated ring tone. Also provided are a telephone system and a computer readable storage medium holding a program element. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090214017 | Methods, Systems, & Products for Customized Alerts - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for presenting a custom alert to a recipient of an incoming data communication. A data message is received that specifies the custom alert associated with the data communication. The customer alert is then visually and/or audibly presented to provide notice of the data communication. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090220067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSATION BASED RINGTONE - A method for generating a ring tone for a given caller based on a prior conversation with that caller. A portion of a conversation with a given caller is recorded and stored in memory as a ring tone. When a subsequent call is received from the same caller, identified by caller ID, the ring tone is played, alerting the user to the incoming call as well as the context of their prior communication. In alternative embodiments of the invention, a prior textual or video conversation is used as the basis for a ringtone. The invention is capable of implementation in telecommunications systems such as cellular, local exchange, and VOIP. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090262915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND FILTERING CUSTOMIZED RINGING SIGNALS - A method for implementing Customized Ringing Signal (CRS) services is provided. The method includes: receiving a call request initiated by a caller terminal; obtaining a policy of playing a CRS tone according to the call request, where the policy is a policy of playing a CRS tone, namely, a caller CRS tone or a callee CRS tone, or a policy of filtering the CRS tone; and playing the CRS tone to a callee according to the policy. By setting a policy of playing the CRS tone to the callee in the network or the callee terminal, the users enjoy the CRS services at their own discretion. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING RINGING BACK TONE IN IMS NETWORK - A method for playing a Ring Back Tone (RBT) in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is disclosed according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The IMS network stores an RBT playing policy of a subscriber and the RBT playing policy includes the corresponding relationship among a called user ID, the status information of the called user and an RBT ID. The method includes: after the network receives an RBT playing request, obtaining the current status information of the called user; determining an RBT ID corresponding to the called user ID and the current status information of the called user according to the corresponding relationship; and playing the RBT to the calling user. A system and Multimedia Ring Back Tone Application Server (MRBT AS) for playing an RBT in the IMS network are also provided. According to the present disclosure, an RBT may be selected and played to the calling user according to the current status of the called user. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090285379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RING BACK TONE PLAYED AT A POINT SELECTED BY USER - Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing a ringback tone (RBT). The system for providing an RBT to a user comprises: a sound file storage for storing a sound file; a user database receiving sound selection information from a user terminal, recording a sound identifier of the sound file corresponding to the sound selection information, receiving output position information of the selected sound file from the user terminal, and recording the sound position information; and an RBT providing unit reproducing a region which corresponds to the output position information from the sound file corresponding to the sound identifier with reference to the sound file storage and the user database so as to be provided as an RBT. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090304171 | System and Method for Identifying Redirected Calls - Methods and systems for providing information regarding an incoming call are provided. A particular method includes generating a first distinctive ring at a communication device receiving the incoming call when the incoming call is received without being redirected. The method also includes generating a second distinctive ring at the communication device when the incoming call is a redirected call. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090323918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOM ALERTS - A system and method for providing custom alerts including a processor configured to retrieve a custom alert from a custom alert provider, a receiver configured to receive, from a user, a request to initiate communication with a communications agent, and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals over a network to communicate with the communications agent, wherein transmitting the one or more signals includes transmitting the custom alert for output at the communication agent. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100002861 | Method for Obtaining Data at an Electronic Communication Device - A method for obtaining data at an electronic communication device enables transmission of data in response to a ring back tone. The method comprises transmitting from the electronic communication device to a network a call setup signal for a call to a callee device (step | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100020957 | System and Method for Facilitating a Custom Ring in Connection with a Call - A system and method are disclosed for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call. A ring tone delivery system may include an interface operable to receive a calling signal that indicates a request to place a call from a calling party to a communication device of a called party. The system may also include a network node communicatively coupled to the interface. The network node may be operable to determine whether the calling party is able to use a calling party selected ring tone. The network node may also be operable to determine whether the communication device will accept the calling party selected ring tone. The network node sends the calling party selected ring tone to the communication device when the calling party is able to use the calling party selected ring tone and when the communication device will accept the calling party selected ring tone. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100027776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RINGBACK TONES - A method of providing a ringback tone to a calling party. The method includes receiving a call directed to a subscriber from the calling party. At least one of an adaptive ringback tone and an actionable ringback tone is provided to the calling party. The adaptive ringback tone is based on state data. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100061540 | Video media composition ring tones - A method is disclosed for determining properties of an output signal that notifies a user of an incoming message or call, based on information that is available to and associated with the user's telecommunications terminal. In particular, in the illustrative embodiment one or more properties of a motion movie piece, and or a music video piece. A video piece in entirety or in short, repeating or not repeating as a ring tone such as animated video, volume, tempo, pitch, rhythm, etc. are valued accordingly in value e.g. faster versus slower, louder versus softer, etc. One or more properties of animated video or text if selected are also varied accordingly. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100061541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA RING BACK TONE SERVICE AND MULTIMEDIA CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE - A method for implementing the Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service and Multimedia Caller Identification (MCID) service is disclosed. The method includes: if the network determines that the calling UE is an MCID service subscriber and determines that the called UE supports the MCID early media, the network negotiates the MCID early media with the called UE, and plays a MCID to the called UE if the negotiation succeeds; if the network determines that the called UE is an MRBT service subscriber and the calling UE supports the MRBT early media, the network negotiates the MRBT early media with the calling UE, and plays an MRBT to the calling UE if the negotiation succeeds. In addition, a system for implementing the MRBT service and MCID service is disclosed. The present invention enables the MRBT service and MCID service in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) so that users may use the multimedia services in the IMS and have a better experience. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100098232 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA RING BACK TONE SERVICE - A method, system and apparatus for implementing a Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service are provided. The method includes: receiving a call request originated by a calling terminal; parsing a tone playing policy specifying whether to play a caller tone or a callee tone or whether to filter a tone; performing caller tone media negotiation or callee tone media negotiation, or performing no tone negotiation according to the parsing result; and playing the caller tone or the callee tone to the caller, or playing no tone. With the technical solution of the present invention, the caller tone service can be implemented in the IMS domain. Whether a caller tone or a callee tone is played to the caller is determined according to a preset policy. Furthermore, the tone filtering service is also implemented. This gives a user freedom in experiencing the MRBT service. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100104082 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA CUSTOMIZED RBT AND MULTIMEDIA CUSTOMIZED RT SERVICES - Disclosed is a method for implementing multimedia customized RBT (MRBT) service, including: receiving a call request sent from a calling terminal; determining the calling terminal's calling capability based on the call request; and selecting an MRBT playing manner based on the calling capability. According to the invention, for a more capable terminal, problems such as data loss and communication delay, may be avoided, and for a less capable terminal, problems such as failure in playing MRBT and customized RT (MRT) data, may be solved. Also disclosed is an apparatus for implementing MRBT service, and a method and an apparatus for implementing MRT service. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100119051 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Ring Tones - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing a ring tone. A communication is processed from a calling number to a called number. An electronic database is queried for the calling number, and contact information associated with the calling number is retrieved. A ring tone database is queried for the contact information, and the ring tone database stores an association between the contact information and a ring tone. The ring tone associated with the contact information is retrieved and processed to alert the called number to the communication from the calling number. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100142695 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND CRBT CENTER FOR PLAYING CRBT AND CRT - Embodiments of the invention relate to the technical field of communication services. The disclosure relates to a method, system, and apparatus for playing tones. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for playing a CRBT, including: receiving, by a CRBT center, a call request from a caller, and obtaining a group identification from a standard compliant group management component; obtaining a CRBT for the caller based on the group identification, and playing the CRBT. The disclosure also provides a method for playing a CRT, including: receiving, by a CRT center, a call request from a caller, and obtaining a group identification from a standard compliant group management component; obtaining a CRT for the callee based on the group identification, and playing the CRT. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100189247 | Telephone control apparatus and telephone system including telephone control apparatus - There is provided an telephone control apparatus including storing unit for storing ringtone patterns for each incoming call group relative to one or more telephone terminals; and controlling unit for performing a ring operation of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group which is to receive a call based on the ringtone pattern specified from the storing unit, wherein when a certain incoming call group among the plural incoming call groups becomes in a call receiving condition, the controlling unit specifies the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group in a call receiving condition by referring to the storing unit and controls the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group in the call receiving condition to perform a ring operation based on the ringtone pattern. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100202604 | Universal Access to Caller-Specific Ringtones - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing universal access to caller-specific ringtones are described. A universal address book server is implemented that contains user-specific address books for users of a communications network. Each address book includes ringtones associated with contacts and groups defined in the address book. The universal address book server also provides a synchronization service to the communication devices of each user allowing the communication devices to synchronize the ringtones associated with the contacts and groups between the user's address book on the universal address book server and a local storage of the ringtones in the communication device. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100278324 | FORKED-CALL RINGBACK REPLACEMENT SYSTEM - A ringback replacement system for modifying or replacing certain communications network signals and tones in a roaming, forked-call, forwarded-call, or mobility environment is disclosed. Communications devices activate and interact with the ringback replacement system to allow for modification of the network service. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100284528 | RINGTONE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention(s) provides for methods and systems for digitally processing a ringtone. In various embodiments, a method comprises generating a profile comprising a plurality of filter equalizing coefficients, configuring a plurality of filters of a graphic equalizer using the plurality of filter equalizing coefficients from the profile, receiving a ringtone for processing, adjusting the plurality of filters using a first gain, equalizing the ringtone using the plurality of filters of the graphic equalizer, and outputting the equalized ringtone. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100303223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK-BASED SUPPORT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CALLS AWAITING ANSWER WHEN ALL LINES IN THE MULTI-LINE HUNT GROUP ARE BUSY - A method and system are provided to allow ringback tones that provide personalized ringback greetings on calls that have reached a multi-line hunt group in which all lines are busy. The personalized ringback greeting is continued until an agent is available to answer the call. In one form, if more than one call is awaiting answer, the ringback application determines which call has been listening to the ringback announcement longest and forwards that call to the next available agent. All other calls receive the standard ringback tones. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100316209 | COMMUNICATION ACCEPTANCE TIME EXTENDER - A communication system allows a receiving party to request additional time to accept a communication. A telecommunications device of a receiving party detects when the receiving party has indicated a desire for an extended period of time in which to accept an incoming communication. A message is sent to a network communications processor that indicates the receiving party has requested additional time to accept. The network communications processor then processes the communication by resetting or extending a communications availability period associated with the incoming communication. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100329442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RBT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Disclosed are systems and methods for providing ring back tones in a communication network. At first, a ring back tone device for storing and playing the ring back tone customized by a subscriber is established in the communication network. Whether a subscriber is a ring back tone service register subscriber is judged with a certain triggering mode, such as intelligent network triggering, signaling interception triggering, call forwarding triggering or switching device triggering. If it is judged the subscriber is a ring back tone service registered subscriber, a connection between the originating switching device and the terminating switching device and a connection between a switching device and the ring back tone device are established. When the called terminal is idle, the ring back tone device provides a piece of customized ring back tone to the calling subscriber for replacing traditional ring back tone. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110002456 | Method, apparatus, system and user equipment for color ring back tone processing - The embodiments of the present invention relate to method, apparatus, system and User Equipment (UE) for Color Ring Back Tone (CRBT) processing, the method including: transmitting a CRBT list acquisition request message that carries a CRBT list ID for a CRBT platform to match a CRBT list corresponding to the CRBT list ID, the CRBT list including CRBT IDs and CRBT names; and receiving the CRBT list returned according to the CRBT list acquisition request message. With the embodiments of the present invention, the UE can acquire a CRBT list of user-designated type. The operation is simple, which increases the efficiency of realizing CRBT service with the UE by the user. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110103569 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Ring Backs - Methods, systems, and products provide a ring back to a calling party during a wait time. Weather, sports scores, and financial data may be associated to ring backs. When a communication request is received, a ring back may be chosen by a called party for presentation to a calling party. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103570 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND RELEVANT APPARATUSES FOR SELECTING MULTIMEDIA RING BACK TONE - A method, system, and relevant apparatuses for selecting a Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) are disclosed. The method for selecting an MRBT includes: receiving a call request sent by a calling party, where the call request carries an MRBT type required by the calling party; sending the MRBT type required by the calling party to the MRBT server; obtaining MRBT information sent by an MRBT server, according to the MRBT type required by the calling party; and sending the MRBT information to the calling party. With the present invention, the calling party sends the required MRBT type, and the MRBT server provides the corresponding MRBT information for the calling party. Therefore, the calling party has an opportunity of selecting the MRBT type required by the calling party, and thus user experience is improved. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110129079 | RINGBACK TONE MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for detecting the presence of a ringback tone in a ringing tone comprises comparing the ringing tone to a benchmark tone so as to detect the presence of a ringback tone. Based on the comparison, a notification is provided as to whether a ringback tone is present. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110142222 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING MULTIMEDIA RING BACK TONES - A method, an apparatus, and a system for playing Multimedia Ring Back Tones (MRBTs) are disclosed. The method includes: generating MRBT play information or rules according to presence information of a user; generating MRBT play data according to the MRBT play information or rules; and sending the MRBT play data to a User Equipment (UE) for playing. The apparatus for playing MRBTs provides MRBT services for the calling UE and the called UE respectively, enables customization, and plays the MRBT service according to conditions. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110150203 | Method and Arrangement for Making a Call-Setup - A method and arrangement for providing a ring-back presentation to a calling terminal after receiving a call setup request from the calling terminal (A) for a first communication session ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RINGBACK TONE REPLACEMENT WITH DOWNLOADED AUDIO FILES - A method for network maintenance and supervision of an on-board controlled audio agent, the method constituted of: providing a plurality of audio portions, each of the provided audio portions being selected responsive to user descriptive data associated with a call initiator; providing a reimbursement rule associated with each of the audio portions; selecting, for each call instance, a particular one of the plurality of audio portions responsive to the determined reimbursement rules; and outputting the particular one of the plurality of audio portions at each call instance initiation such that at least a portion of the particular audio portion is heard by the call initiator prior to call connection. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110176669 | POST-DIAL DELAY DURING RANDOMIZATION - Determining a customized delay value for setting a post-dial delay after a call has initiated is disclosed. In one embodiment, a randomized delay may be provided. In another embodiment, a set delay may be provided. Playback of a ringback tone may be delayed for at least the randomized or set delay period and/or the length of ring back tone period may be increased by the randomized time period. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110222678 | Method, System and Terminal for Realizing Multimedia Color Ring Back Tone Service in IMS Domain - The present invention provides a method, terminal and system for implementing a multimedia coloring ring back tone (MCRBT) service in IMS domain. This method comprises: after receiving a call from a caller, a core network setting up a connection with a MCRBT service system when the callee is called if determining that the callee subscribes the MCRBT service; said MCRBT service system triggering the MCRBT service, and sending an address of a MCRBT file set by said callee through said core network; and said caller downloading said MCRBT file from a media resource server of said MCRBT service system according to said address, and enjoying said MCRBT file from a calling terminal when a called terminal rings. The present invention can meet the requirement of the caller of enjoying the MCRBT file set by the callee when the caller calls the callee of IMS domain, and better services are provided. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110235796 | RINGBACK REPLACEMENT INSERTION SYSTEM - A ringback replacement insertion system for customizing a communication network is disclosed. The system includes a first communication station associated with a first network service provider and a second communication station associated with a second network service provider. A network gateway is provided for connecting a call placed from the first communication station to the second communication station. The first network service provider receives information regarding a proximity location of the first communication station. The storage device transmits at least a portion of the at least one announcement to the first communication station that is related to information within a predefined geographical distance from the first communication station, where at least a portion of the at least one announcement is delivered as a call signal after establishing contact with a communication network. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110243317 | Automated Ringback Update System - An automated ringback update system for customizing ringback signals is disclosed. Communications devices activate and interact with the automated ringback update system via the recognition of a feature associated with a printed matter to allow for modifications of the network service. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110311037 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Ring Backs - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing a ring back to a calling party's communications device. A first call is placed to a called number. An identification sequence is received during the first call. When the first call ends, a second call is placed to a server. The identification sequence is sent to the server during the second call, and the ring back associated with the identification sequence is received. The ring back is stored in memory of the calling party's communications device and retrieved when subsequent calls are made to the called number. The ring back is then presented on the calling party's communications device to indicate the called number is ringing. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120045048 | RINGTONE MANAGEMENT FOR CONTACTS ACROSS COMMUNICATION ACCESS SYSTEMS - Ringtone management devices, systems, and methods for supporting contacts across communication access systems are provided herein. In one embodiment, the communication access system may be an enterprise access system. The communication access system can allow a plurality of different client devices in the enterprise access system, each associated with a particular set of incoming caller identifiers, to all be rung with an outgoing ringtone that identifies the incoming caller. In this manner, a user is provided with a consistent ringtone at each of the user's devices that identifies a particular incoming caller. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120063583 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PLAYING ENTERPRISE COLOR RINGBACK TONE - A method for playing an enterprise color ringback tone is disclosed, including the following steps: establishing, by a service switching entity, a connection with a service access entity in accordance with an EVC access code; searching, by the service access entity, for a connection identifier of a destination terminal corresponding to a service identifier of the destination terminal in accordance with a correspondence relationship between the service identifier and the connection identifier of the terminal, and sending the connection identifier of the destination terminal to the service switching entity; and establishing, by the service switching entity, a connection between the source terminal and the destination terminal in accordance with the connection identifier of the destination terminal, and playing an enterprise CRBT to the source terminal. A system and a device for playing an enterprise color ringback tone are also disclosed. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120076289 | PROVIDING AN OPTION TO SUBSTITUTE A LOCAL RINGBACK TONE AT A CALLING PARTY DEVICE - A method for playing a local ringback tone is disclosed. A second party device is called from a calling party device. An alert message indicating that the calling party device is to play a network ringback tone is received. It is determined whether to play a pre-stored local ringback tone instead of the network ringback tone. The local ringback tone or the network ringback tone is played based on the determination. At any time before call connection or call release, the local ringback tone and the network ringback tone are switched between based on user input. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RINGBACK TONES - A method of providing a ringback tone to a calling party. The method includes receiving a call directed to a subscriber from the calling party. At least one of an adaptive ringback tone and an actionable ringback tone is provided to the calling party. The adaptive ringback tone is based on state data. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120195419 | Audio Advertising - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an indication of a telephone call being placed from a calling number is received, and a determination is made of an audio advertisement to play based on the calling number. The audio advertisement is played based on the determination. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120219141 | Network Selection of Ringtones - Methods, systems, and products determine ring tones to be applied to calls. A called party may configure different ring tones that annunciate calls for different types of calls from calling numbers. A network database determines a type of each call and annunciates the corresponding ringtone to a called party. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120250847 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR OVERRIDING A RING BACK SIGNAL - Overriding a ring back signal involves receiving a ring back signal at a communications apparatus from a communication network in response to a user-initiated connection request. The ring back signal is rendered to a user of the communications apparatus, and a user input is received at the communications device to override the ring back signal. An alternate output is rendered to the user in place of the ring back signal. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120257739 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MULTIMEDIA RING-BACK-WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A VOICE-CALL - A system for providing multimedia ring back for a voice-call is disclosed. The system may include an MMRB for VC control module and a network access module operatively connected to the MMRB. The network access module is adapted to interface the MMRB with external network components. The MMRB is responsive to indication that a caller is inviting a callee to join a voice-call wherein the caller and/or the callee is subscribed to an MMRB for VC service. The MMRB is responsive to indication that the callee received an invitation message and is now pending acceptance of the voice-call, for causing the caller to adapt its media-specification for the ongoing voice-call establishment process to a media-specification that is compatible with multimedia-content communication, thereby enabling a multimedia-content communication with the caller during at least a portion of the ongoing voice-call establishment process. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120300918 | System and Method for Facilitating a Custom Ring in Connection with a Call - A system and method are disclosed for providing a custom ring tone in connection with a call. In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a communication system, an indication to provide a customized ring tone associated with a call to a callee device. The method further includes delivering at least a portion of the customized ring tone to the callee device from the communication system when the callee device is determined to be operable to output the customized ring tone. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130034222 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CUSTOMIZED RING BACK TONE SERVICE AND CUSTOMIZED RING TONE SERVICE - A method, device and system for implementing a customized ring back tone service and a customized ring tone service are disclosed. The method includes: a second server receives a first early media response returned by a terminal comprising a first media negotiation result which is obtained by the terminal performing media negotiation with a first server according to a first early media request; the second server generates a second early media request according to the received first early media response comprising a second attribute identification for identifying the second early media request, and sends the first early media response and the second early media request; the first server completes the media negotiation with the calling terminal according to the first early media response and a called terminal completes the media negotiation with the second server according to the second early media request. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130230161 | System and Method of Delivering Ringback Audio Content - A system and method of delivering ringback audio content are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a connection request at an originating serving call session control function (S-CSCF) network element. The connection request indicates that a caller device has placed a call to a destination device associated with a ringback audio content service subscriber. The method also includes receiving a plurality of naming authority pointer (NAPTR) records at the originating S-CSCF network element from a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server. The NAPTR records include a plurality of ringback audio uniform resource indicators (URIs) associated with the destination device. The method also includes modifying the connection request to include the plurality of ringback audio URIs. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20150016598 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Ring Tones - Ring tones and other alerts are processed based on social networks. A person's contact information, as an example, may be associated with a social network. Each different social network may also have its own custom ringtone or other alert. Calls, texts, and other electronic messages may thus processed with the alert of the social network. | 01-15-2015 |
