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US 8,175,252 B2Granted
Ringback tone bookmark request by calling party
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsRamachendra P. Batni, Ranjan Sharma
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Abstract
A ringback tone is played to a calling party on a call to a called party. Identification information of the ringback tone is stored, upon receipt of a bookmark request from the calling party, for later access by the calling party to the ringback tone and/or information related to the ringback tone.
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A method, comprising the steps of:
- playing a ringback tone to a calling party on a call to a called party;
- storing identification information of the ringback tone by a ringback tone server that resides in a Wireless Intelligent Network, wherein the ringback tone server receives from a Service Control Point (SCP) a message instructing the ringback tone server which ringback tone to play, and wherein the identification information is stored at an account management component upon receipt of a bookmark request received by the ringback tone server, and wherein the ringback tone server establishes a bearer path with the calling party, and wherein a bookmark message is associated with the stored identification information of the ringback tone where the bookmark request is stored by the ringback tone server before a bearer path is established between the called party and the calling party;
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- wherein storing the identification information at an account management component further comprises determining whether to store the identification information in one of a service management system and a ringback tone interface, and if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the service management system the ring back tone server communicates the identification information to the service management system via a real-time database, and if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the ringback tone service interface, the ringback tone server communicates the identification information to the ringback tone interface using a text message.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a ringback tone server that plays a ringback tone to a calling party during a call and receives a bookmark request from the calling party, and wherein the ringback tone server resides in a Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN), and wherein the ringback tone server receives from a Service Control Point (SCP) a message instructing the ringback tone server which ringback tone to play;
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- wherein the ringback tone server establishes a bearer path with an originating MSC;
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- wherein upon receipt of the bookmark request, the ringback tone server communicates a text message to an account management component in the WIN, and wherein the text message comprises identification information of the ringback tone, and wherein a bookmark message is associated with the stored identification information of the ringback tone and the bookmark message is stored among a plurality of bookmark messages before releasing the bearer path with the originating MSC;
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- wherein storing the identification information at an account management component further comprises determining whether to store the identification information in one of a service management system and a ringback tone interface, and if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the service management system the ring back tone server communicates the identification information to the service management system via a real-time database, and if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the ringback tone service interface, the ringback tone server communicates the identification information to the ringback tone interface using a text message.
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A ringback tone server configured to:
- play a ringback tone to a calling party on a call to a called party and receive a bookmark request from the calling party, wherein the ringback tone server resides in a Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN), and where the ringback tone server receives from a Service Control Point (SCP) a message instructing the ringback tone server which ringback tone to play;
- establish a bearer path with the calling party via an originating MSC;
- determine, upon receipt of the bookmark request, whether to store the identification information of the ringback tone in one of a service management system and a ringback tone service interface,
- a) wherein if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the service management system the ring back tone server communicates the identification information to the service management system via a real-time database, and
- b) if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the ringback tone service interface, the ringback tone server communicates the identification information to the ringback tone service interface via a text message;
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- communicate the identification information before the bearer path with the originating MSC is released and before a bearer path is established between the calling party and the called party.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.