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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7403600 | Person to person telephone services A method for delivering person to person services to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). A telephone number of a buddy of the subscriber is associated with a buddy rule on a budd... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400882 | Method for providing a subscriber-based ringback tone sound stored in a mobile exchanger In a method of providing a caller with a pre-stored sound chosen by a called subscriber instead of a standard RBT (RingBack Tone), an HLR (Home Location Register), when a location request message is received from a call-originating exchanger, furnishes either the ca... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7352854 | Call waiting suppression Systems and method for call waiting suppression are disclosed. When a communications device is engaged in an active communication and receives an incoming communication, a call waiting alert is activated to produce a single, initial audible alert, and thereafter the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340050 | Apparatus and method for controlling incoming melody In an apparatus and method for controlling an incoming melody, a receiver's telephone terminal allows a caller who transmits a call request signal to select a specific receiver with whom the caller wants to establish a voice call. The receiver's telephone terminal o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340049 | Feedback to calling communication device on call connected with intelligent network signaling An apparatus in one example comprises one or more intelligent network platforms that serve to provide feedback to be played to a calling communication device during a call from the calling communication device for a called communication device. One or more of the on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336777 | Method and apparatus for managing presenting and changing ring-back sounds in subscriber-based ring-back sound service Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for managing ring-back sounds in a subscriber-based ring-back sound service. The method includes the first step of storing common ring-back sounds and reporting details of use of the common ring-back sounds, the second step... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7280528 | Call setup for IP/Internet telephony A method for setting up a voice call over an IP network is described. The method first initiates an IP voice call to a called device connected to a telephone line. The method then determines whether the called device is already connected to the IP network. If the ca... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277691 | Method and system for management of call tones A method for management of call tones (tones that a caller hears when they call a party) is described which is particularly suitable for use by wireless telephones. The management of call tones can by performed off line. The method includes a step of: a) downloading... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254226 | Call waiting priority alert A method for delivering a priority call waiting alert service to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). When a call intended the subscriber is received by a service switching point ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251506 | Mobile phone system with incoming melody designating function and mobile phone A mobile phone system in which the incoming melodies, used in making a call, are not registered at the outset, and a desired incoming melody, out of plural incoming melodies, stored in a network server, may be selected and designated, so that a large variety of inco... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248851 | Method for controlling routing information for intellectual peripherals in subscriber-based ring-back-tone-service A method for controlling routing information for intellectual peripherals (IPs) in a subscriber-based ring-back-tone service. The routing information to be routed to IPs (50) corresponding to subscribers is classified on a subscriber telephone number-by-numbe... | 07/24/2007 |
