# US 2013/0155910 A1 · Method and apparatus for providing an audible calling party identification for a call waiting service > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155910 A1 - Document ID: US20130155910A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/769,739 - Filed: 2013-02-18 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2004-12-29 - Assignees: AT&T Corp. - Inventors: Marian Croak; Hossein Eslambolchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155910A1 ## CPC - H04M 3/4288: {Notifying a called subscriber of an incoming call during an ongoing call, e.g. Call Waiting} - H04L 65/40: Support for services or applications - H04L 65/402: wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel non-real time sessions, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services - H04M 7/0003: {Interconnection between telephone networks and data networks} - H04M 7/122: {where the PSTN/ISDN access is used as an access to networks other than PSTN/ISDN (access arrangements to networks other than PSTN/ISDN H04M7/0066; access arrangements to public data networks H04L12/2856)} - H04M 7/1245: {where a network other than PSTN/ISDN interconnects two PSTN/ISDN networks} - H04M 7/129: {Details of providing call progress tones or announcements} - H04M 3/436: Arrangements for screening incoming calls {, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it (based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54)} - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present invention enables users of packet-switched network services, e.g., VoIP network services, to hear a very gentle whispering tone that quietly conveys the identity of the calling party when they are engaged in conversation and to receive a call-waiting signal. The tone is audible only to the called party but does not mute the ongoing conversation path. This enables subscribed users to hear their ongoing conversation while receiving the whispering tone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing a call waiting service in a communication network, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a call setup message destined to an endpoint of a called party, where the endpoint of the called party is engaged in an on-going call; determining, by the processor, whether the called party is registered to receive an audible calling party identification; and sending, by the processor, a message to cause a sending of the audible calling party identification to the endpoint of the called party if the called party is registered to receive the audible calling party identification, wherein the sending of the audible calling party identification comprises bridging the audible calling party identification at a lower volume level onto an existing media path of the ongoing call. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the communication network is a packet network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the packet network comprises a voice over internet protocol network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call setup message is received by the processor of a call control element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the audible calling party identification is bridged by a border element associated with the endpoint of the called party. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the audible calling party identification comprises a phone number of the calling party. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the audible calling party identification comprises a name identification of the calling party. ### Claim 8 A tangible computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing a call waiting service in a communication network, the operations comprising: receiving a call setup message destined to an endpoint of a called party, where the endpoint of the called party is engaged in an on-going call; determining whether the called party is registered to receive an audible calling party identification; and sending a message to cause a sending of the audible calling party identification to the endpoint of the called party if the called party is registered to receive the audible calling party identification, wherein the sending of the audible calling party identification comprises bridging the audible calling party identification at a lower volume level onto an existing media path of the ongoing call. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the audible calling party identification comprises a name identification of the calling party. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the communication network is a packet network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the packet network comprises a voice over Internet protocol network. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the call setup message is received by the processor of a call control element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the audible calling party identification is bridged by a border element associated with the endpoint of the called party. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the audible calling party identification comprises a phone number of the calling party. ### Claim 15 A system for providing a call waiting service in a communication network, comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a call setup message destined to an endpoint of a called party, where the endpoint of the called party is engaged in an on-going call; determining whether the called party is registered to receive an audible calling party identification; and sending a message to cause a sending of the audible calling party identification to the endpoint of the called party if the called party is registered to receive the audible calling party identification, wherein the sending of the audible calling party identification comprises bridging the audible calling party identification at a lower volume level onto an existing media path of the ongoing call. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the communication network is a voice over internet protocol network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the call setup message is received by the processor of a call control element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the audible calling party identification is bridged by a border element associated with the endpoint of the called party. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the audible calling party identification comprises a phone number of the calling party. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the audible calling party identification comprises a name identification of the calling party.