Polled geofencing and distinguished ring-back

An apparatus, comprising:

• a telecommunication network having a tracking calling terminal and a tracked called terminal;
• a polled geofencing system associated with at least one caller definable predetermined area having a predetermined boundary, the tracked called terminal having a location relative to the predetermined boundary;
• and
• at least first and second predetermined ring-back tones having a functional relationship with the at least one predetermined boundary, the first predetermined ring-back tone being utilized when the tracked called terminal is within the predetermined boundary, and the second predetermined ring-back tone being utilized when the tracked called terminal is outside of the predetermined boundary;
• wherein the at least first and second predetermined ring-back tones alert the tracking calling terminal to a location, relative to the predetermined boundary as determined by the polled geofencing system, of tracked called terminal during a call setup between the designated tracked called terminal and the tracking calling terminal;
• and
• wherein the called party location is determined only during the call setup.

A method, comprising:

• one of defining a geofence for a call, and using a previous caller definable geofence;
• determining that a ring-back service is active for a call;
• extending the call to a ring-back tone platform and determining applicability of geofencing;
• obtaining a fix on a called mobile terminal;
• determining a location of the called mobile terminal with respect to a geofence;
• and
• playing a relevant ring-back tone for the call based on the location of the called mobile terminal;
• and
• wherein the called mobile terminal location is determined only during the call setup.

An apparatus, comprising:

• first system module configured for one of defining a geofence for a call, and using a previous caller definable geofence;
• second system module configured for determining that a ring-back service is active for a call;
• third system module configured for extending the call to a ring-back tone platform and determining applicability of geofencing;
• fourth system module configured for obtaining a fix on a called mobile terminal;
• fifth system module configured for determining a location of the called mobile terminal with respect to the geofence;
• and
• sixth system module configured for playing a relevant ring-back tone for the call based on the location of the called mobile terminal;
• and
• wherein the called mobile terminal location is determined only during the call setup.