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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8428239 | 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-sto... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8406407 | 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 transmitte... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8379824 | Methods and apparatus to provide a network-based caller identification service in a voice over internet protocol network Methods and apparatus to provide a network-based caller identification (CID) service in a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) network are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a session initiation protocol (SIP) communication session initiation request me... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8369507 | Ringback update system A ringback replacement update system for creating or modifying ringback associations is disclosed. Communications devices activate and interact with the ringback update system to allow for modifications of the network service. ... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8295464 | Method, system and apparatus for implementing ringback tone service A method for implementing the ringback tone (RBT) service based on the next generation network (NGN) includes: an application server (AS) receives from a softswitch (SX) a call request initiated by a ring-to-me subscriber, which carries a ring-to-me access code; the... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8280025 | Automated unique call announcement Automated unique call announcements for incoming telephone calls are provided. When a call is received at a mobile or wired telephone, a variety of data about the calling party, for example, caller identification and profile data for the calling party and data assoc... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8249239 | Customized ringback and communications Request information received by a call handler system specifies multiple acceptable call connection encoding options or formats for communicating with a caller. The call handler system forwards the multiple acceptable call connection encoding options to a called des... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8213591 | 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 re... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8204201 | 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... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8204202 | 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. 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 ... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8204200 | 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 ... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8189758 | Method, apparatus and system for playing ring back tone A method, apparatus and system for playing a Ring Back Tone are provided, and the method includes: determining, according to a call request initiated by a calling party, whether a called party has customized a called-party Ring Back Tone service; further determining... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8170194 | 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 subs... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8139745 | Calling party ringtone selection in telephone system A ring tone service is provided to a called party upon receiving a call from a calling party at a device of the called party, where the device annunciates the call according to a particular ring tone as determined by the called party. A network-based call control ma... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130930 | Customized ringback and communications A ring-back tone generator system provides a customized ring-back tone to a calling party (attempting to reach a called party) while the ring-back tone generator system participates in alerting the called party of the call connection request. Upon acceptance of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121280 | Expedited call setup An origination terminal initiates a call by providing a third party call control message in association with a traffic channel request. While the traffic channel is being established, the service node may initiate third party call control to initiate a call leg to t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8068593 | Method and apparatus for providing multimedia ringback services to mobile user devices in pre-IMS networks The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing multimedia content to a calling party device. Specifically, the method comprises receiving a multimedia ringback service request in response to a connection request for establishing a connection between th... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8031854 | 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 pla... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8000460 | Providing a call waiting distinctive ringback feature in wireless networks Wireless networks and methods provide call waiting distinctive ringback. A wireless network of the invention comprises a switching system and a subscriber database. The switching system receives a registration request from a mobile device of a subscriber, transmits ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995734 | Telephone group identification ring A telephone caller identification system where potential callers can be assigned to call-in groups, each call-in group having a particular ring. When a member of a particular call-in group calls, the telephone presents the ring associated with that call-in group. A ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7970116 | Method and apparatus for notifying an end user of a messaging event in a multi-user setting A method and apparatus for notifying an end user of a messaging event in a multi-user setting is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a terminal device having a User Interface (UI) element that selec... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961862 | Method and apparatus for providing ringback in a telecommunications network A method of providing ringback in a telecommunications network (100) includes: receiving a call at a service switching point (114) for a called party (112) served by the service switching point (114), the call being from a calling party (... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957514 | System, method and computer program product for conveying presence information via voice mail A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conveying availability information of a calling party to a called party. A PBX serving the telephones of the calling and called parties is connected to a presence server. In an embodiment of the inventi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7924996 | Concatenated audio messages Audibly identifying an event includes enabling selection of a first sound based upon an identifier. The identifier enables identification of an entity related to the event. A notification of an occurrence of the event is received. The notification includes the ident... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912198 | System and method for implementing multimedia ring back tone service A system for implementing multimedia ring back tone service is disclosed, which includes a communication network, an MRBT platform storing multimedia ring back tones in the communication network and a VIG. The MRBT platform is respectively connected to the Service S... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7889853 | Methods, systems, devices, and products for providing ring backs Methods, systems, devices, and products are disclosed for providing ring backs to a calling party's communications device. The ring backs are selected by the called party and can be delivered to the calling party in many ways, such as by delivering a file, a pointer... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7839990 | System and method of generating ring back tone Disclosed are a method of generating and transmitting a ring back tone and a system thereof. The method of generating a ring back tone in a first terminal based on an internet protocol comprises identifying a type of a network to which a second terminal requesting a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7801293 | Ringback tone preference information to assist selection of ringback tone Ringback tone preference information, input by a user of a communication device, is presented to a ringback tone service subscriber or a proxy for the ringback tone service subscriber to assist the ringback tone service subscriber or the proxy select a ringback tone... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792264 | Ring tone selected by calling party of third party played to called party A ring tone is played to a called party for a call that meets one or more criteria. The ring tone is remotely selected by a calling party or a third party. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769155 | Ringback/ringtone synchronization system A ringback/ringtone synchronization system for utilizing ringtones as replacement ringback announcements is disclosed. Communications devices activate and interact with the ringback/ringtone synchronization system to allow for modifications of the network service. | 08/03/2010 |
| 7742589 | Distinctive call waiting based on a redirecting number The disclosure is directed to a method of providing a distinctive call waiting tone based on a redirecting number. The method includes receiving a call from an originating device at a redirecting device; forwarding the call from the redirecting device to a destinati... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7729487 | Custom ringtones for wireline telephones Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for selecting a ringtone to accompany an incoming call to a wireline telephone. The incoming call is received at a switch, the ringtone is selected, and a data message is sent to the called station. The data message in... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720213 | Parameter dependent ring tones A phone (12) identifies the nature of a desired communication by receiving data related to a purpose of the communication from parsers (26) and comparing the data to predetermined criteria specified by filters (24). A ring tone is selected from ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7706518 | Network infrastructure for ringbacks An apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable a caller to specify one or both of (i) the content of a ringback signal that is generated when placing a call, and (ii) one or more properties of the ringback signal. In the first illustrative embodiment of the pres... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7672439 | Concatenated audio messages Audibly identifying an event includes enabling selection of a first sound based upon an identifier. The identifier enables identification of an entity related to the event. A notification of an occurrence of the event is received. The notification includes the ident... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7596216 | System and method for identifying redirected calls Methods and systems for identifying redirected calls are provided. A particular method includes receiving a redirected call. When the redirected call is redirected from a first address, the method includes generating a first distinctive ring at a communication devic... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7555109 | System and method for caller control of a distinctive ring A system for a caller to control a distinctive ring for a telephone call includes a service switching point and a service control point. The service switching point is operable to receive a feature code and a called directory number, and to issue a query in response... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7471783 | 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 subs... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7450709 | 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... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450710 | System and method for identifying redirected calls Methods and systems for identifying redirected calls are provided. A method may include receiving data related to a call termination request. The call termination request may indicate call redirection. The method may also include selecting one of a plurality of dist... | 11/11/2008 |
