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AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsZhengwei Wang, Jian Liu, Qian Sun, Weijie Wang
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The invention discloses a method for providing a real time ringback tone in a communication network and the method includes: establishing a call connection between a calling party and a called party according to a received calling request; receiving a ringback tone indication value from the called party; obtaining a corresponding ringback tone according to the ringback tone indication value; and playing the corresponding ringback tone to the calling party. The invention further provides a system for providing a real time ringback tone in a communication network and a terminal therefor. By using the technology of the invention, a different ringback tone can be played to the calling user in real time according to the current situation. Therefore, individualized requirements of the user may be met and the quality of communication service may be further improved.
A method for providing ringback tone in a communication network, comprising:
A system for providing ringback tone in a communication network, comprising:
A terminal, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Called party identification service: notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers: customized ring-back tones
Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers: arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics…
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: communication-related supplementary services, e.g.…
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The present invention relates to the technology for providing a ringing tone in a communication network, in particular, to a method and system for providing a ringback tone in a communication network, and a terminal therefor.
In the existing communication network, no matter it is fixed communication network, Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) network or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication network, when a called party receives an incoming call from a calling party, the called party may select to or not to answer the call, or even to reject the call (the called party may reject an incoming call by pressing the call-termination key). We may often encounter such a case that the called party is busy when an incoming call arrives; for example, the called party is busy answering another important call, or dealing with an important affair, or is in a meeting. In this case, the called party usually rejects the call, and the Terminating Mobile Switching Center (T_MSC) in the prior art plays an invariable prompt tone, such as “The subscriber you dialed cannot be connected for the moment” or “The subscriber you dialed is busy now”, to the calling party.
If it is the first time that the calling party encounters such a case, he/she may take it for granted as indicated by the prompt tone that the called party cannot be connected or the called party is busy. However, as time passes, all people know that the occurrence of such a prompt tone results from the called party's rejection of the call. Moreover, before the called party rejects the call, the calling party may hear a ringback tone which indicates that the called party is in idle state. In practice, it is considered as impolite to reject a call and this may affect the relationship between the calling and called parties. Even if the called party calls back to the calling party for explanation after the event, the effect may be imperfect due to untimeliness.
FIG. 1A is a structural diagram of the system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG. 1B is a signaling flow chart according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
FIG. 2A is a structural diagram of the system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
In order to make the technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the invention will now be further described in detail in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments.
In the embodiments of the invention, when a called terminal receives an incoming calling request from a calling terminal, the called terminal may send a ringback tone indication value to a ringback tone unit on the network and the ringback tone unit sends a corresponding ringback tone to the calling terminal in real time according to the ringback tone indication value.
For real time ringback tone service, the called party may be registered in the real time ringback tone service by subscribing in a business hall or by calling a special number, or via Internet.