METHOD, SERVER AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR PLAYING MULTIMEDIA RING TONE DURING CALL

• US 20120213346A1
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: GAO, Wenmei, CHEN, Guoqiao, ZHANG, Huiping, YANG, Jian, FAN, Shunan, WANG, Lei, LI, Li, SUN, Ruinan
• Application Number:
  US13/460,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20120213346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones

Abstract

A method and apparatus for playing a multimedia ring tone during a call, where the method includes: receiving an on-hook message from a called terminal; sending a message to a calling terminal and the called terminal to update a session; and instructing a Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) to execute mixing processing to continuously play a multimedia ring tone during the call. Accordingly, a problem in the prior art that a multimedia ring tone cannot be continuously played for a user during a call is solved.

Claims

1. A method for playing a multimedia ring tone during a call, comprising:

receiving an on-hook message from a called terminal;

sending a message to a calling terminal and the called terminal to update a session; and

instructing a Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) to execute mixing processing to continuously play a multimedia ring tone during the call.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mixing processing comprises audio mixing processing.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising contacting the MRF to request a site resource or a resource for mixing during the call.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending the message to the calling terminal and the called terminal to update the session comprises sending, to the calling terminal, an update message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel or a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel, and sending, to the called terminal, a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending the message to the calling terminal and the called terminal to update the session comprises sending, to the called terminal, a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel, and sending, to the calling terminal, an update message or a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the instructing the MRF to execute mixing processing to continuously play the multimedia ring tone during the call comprises instructing the MRF to perform audio mixing on the multimedia ring tone and normal call media, so as to continuously play the multimedia ring tone for at least one of the called terminal and the calling terminal during the call.

7. A multimedia ring tone server, comprising:

an interface coupled to a calling terminal and a called terminal;

a module configured to receive an on-hook message from the called terminal;

a module configured to send a message to the calling terminal and the called terminal to update a session; and

a module configured to instruct a Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) to execute mixing processing to continuously play a multimedia ring tone during a call.

8. The multimedia ring tone server according to claim 7, wherein the mixing processing comprises audio mixing processing.

9. The multimedia ring tone server according to claim 7, further comprising a module configured to contact the MRF to request a site resource or a resource for mixing during the call.

10. The multimedia ring tone server according to claim 7, wherein the module configured to send the message to the calling terminal and the called terminal to update the session is configured to send, to the calling terminal, an update message or a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel, and send, to the called terminal, a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel.

11. The multimedia ring tone server according to claim 7, wherein the module configured to send the message to the calling terminal and the called terminal to update the session is configured to send, to the called terminal, a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel, and send, to the calling terminal, an update message or a call request message carrying a request used for negotiating a new media channel.

12. The multimedia ring tone server according to claim 7, wherein the module configured to instruct the MRF to execute audio mixing to continuously play the multimedia ring tone during the call is specifically configured to instruct the MRF to perform audio mixing on the multimedia ring tone and normal call media, so as to continuously play the multimedia ring tone for at least one of the calling terminal and the called terminal during the call.