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Method and system for providing talking call waiting in a SIP-based network

  • US 8,885,639 B1
  • Filed: 09/22/2006
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing a web based interface to receive an announcement customization, comprising an audio label, from a called party for a number;

    receiving a call request directed to the called party;

    identifying, using at least one computer processor, announcement information comprising the announcement customization associated with the call request;

    determining that the call request is associated with a number having the announcement customization;

    customizing the announcement information based at least in part on the announcement customization;

    identifying an identifier referencing a notification alert pattern, wherein the identifier is a URL referencing the notification alert pattern;

    adding the identifier to the announcement information;

    inserting the announcement information into a field of the call request wherein the field is an alert info field in a header of a SIP INVITE message; and

    forwarding the call request.

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