Method and system for providing a ring back tone in a communication network

• US 8,442,211 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2009
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2007
• 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: Yan, Yongfu
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US12/425,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20090214003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• Field of Search: 379/373.01, 379/373.02, 379/373.03, 379/373.05, 379/374.01, 379/374.02, 455/433
• US Class Current: 379/373.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

A method and system for implementing an interactive Ring Back Tone service are disclosed, and the method includes: obtaining (S101), when connecting a call, subscription information of an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by a user; issuing (S102), when a called terminal is idle, to the called terminal a first subscription identifier for identifying an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscription of the user, where the first subscription identifier is for instructing the terminal to wait for playing of an interactive Ring Back Tone; and playing (S103), according to the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the user, the interactive Ring Back Tone to the called user.

Claims

1. A method for providing a Ring Back Tone in a communication network, comprising:

obtaining, when connecting a call, by a first switching device, subscription information of an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by a callee and a caller, and routing, by the first switching device, the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service to an interactive Ring Back Tone service platform;

issuing, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform, a second subscription identifier to a second switching device according to the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service, wherein the second subscription identifier identifies the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscription of the callee and the caller;

issuing, when the callee is idle, by the second switching device, to the callee a first subscription identifier for identifying an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscription of the callee and the caller, wherein the first subscription identifier instructs the callee to wait for playing of an interactive Ring Back Tone;

determining, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform, the interactive Ring Back Tone to be played according to a priority set in the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the caller and the callee, and playing, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform the interactive Ring Back Tone to the callee; and

wherein,

the process of obtaining subscription information of an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the callee and the caller comprises;

obtaining, by the first switching device, from a Home Location Register the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the callee and the caller.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

connecting, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform, a session with the caller according to a callee idle message returned by the second switching device, and playing the Ring Back Tone to the caller.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

connecting, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform, a session with the callee according to a callee idle message returned from the second switching device, and playing the interactive Ring Back Tone to the callee.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second subscription identifier comprises a redirection information parameter and is carried in an Initial Address Message.