METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING UNIVERSAL PERSONAL NUMBER RING BACK TONE SERVICE

• US 20090028301A1
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIU, Jianfeng, MA, Qifeng
• Granted Patent: US 8,111,823 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/87
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party

Abstract

A method for realizing the universal personal number ring back tone service comprises: determining the ring back tone played according to the called information, and determining the media resources for playing the ring back tone according to the calling information, the media resources information and the said ring back tone information; the said media resource plays the said ring back tone. The present invention also discloses a device and a system for realizing the universal personal number ring back tone service. On the basis of the present invention, UPT users are supported to assign the different ring back tone for each destination number, respectively, and the ring back tone information of each media resource is dynamically updated in accordance with the using situation of the ring back tone, therefore realizing that the UPT ring back tone service utilizes the network resources effectively.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a Universal Personal Telecommunication ring back tone service, comprising:

determining a ring back tone to be played according to called information;

determining a media resource for playing the ring back tone according to caller information, media resource information and ring back tone information; and

instructing the media resource to play the ring back tone for the caller.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the called information at least comprises a Universal Personal Telecommunication number; and

a corresponding ring back tone is configured for a specific destination number of the Universal Personal Telecommunication number.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

an optimal media resource is selected according to the caller information and the media resource information;

an information table is established for showing correspondence between ring back tones and media resources supporting playing of the ring back tones, the information table at least comprising the caller information and the media resource information; and

the optimal media resource for playing the ring back tone is determined according to the information table.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the caller information at least comprises caller location information;

and the media resource information at least comprises media resource location information or media resource load information.

5. A device for implementing a Universal Personal Telecommunication ring back tone service, comprising:

a media resource selection unit capable of determining a media resource for playing a ring back tone according to caller information, media resource information and ring back tone information, wherein the ring back tone is determined as a ring back tone to be played according to called information; and

a ring back tone control unit capable of instructing the media resource to play the ring back tone.

6. The device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a ring back tone query unit capable of querying the media resource information in response to a query request sent from the media resource selection unit and configuring the media resource for playing the ring back tone.

7. The device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a resource management unit capable of detecting or receiving the ring back tone information in the media resource, updating the ring back tone information and the corresponding media resource information, and providing queried information to the ring back tone query unit.

8. The device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a ring back tone resource information unit capable of storing ring back tone information corresponding to a specific destination number of a Universal Personal Telecommunication number, and providing queried information to the ring back tone query unit.

9. A system for implementing a Universal Personal Telecommunication ring back tone service, comprising an application server wherein the application server comprises:

a media resource selection unit capable of determining a media resource for playing a ring back tone according to caller information, media resource information and ring back tone information, wherein the ring back tone is determined as a ring back tone to be played according to called information; and

a ring back tone control unit for instructing the media resource to play the ring back tone.

10. The system according to claim 9, further comprising a Universal Personal Telecommunication service profile function entity, wherein the Universal Personal Telecommunication service profile function entity comprising a ring back tone query unit capable of querying the media resource information in response to a query request sent from the media resource selection unit and configuring the media resource for playing the ring back tone.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the Universal Personal Telecommunication service profile function entity further comprises a resource management unit capable of detecting or receiving the ring back tone information in the media resource, updating the ring back tone information and the corresponding media resource information, and providing queried information to the ring back tone query unit.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the Universal Personal Telecommunication service profile function entity further comprises a ring back tone resource information unit capable of storing ring back tone information corresponding to a specific destination number of a Universal Personal Telecommunication number, and providing queried information to the ring back tone query unit.