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US 8,712,027 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for providing ring backs
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorGeoff Sutcliffe
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products provide a ring back to a calling party during a wait time. Weather, sports scores, and financial data may be associated to ring backs. When a communication request is received, a ring back may be chosen by a called party for presentation to a calling party.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for a call between a calling address and a called address;
- processing the call;
- retrieving sports data;
- querying a database that stores ring backs selected by a called party for presentation to a calling party;
- retrieving one of the ring backs associated with the sports data, with the called party, and with the calling party;
- and
- routing an indication of the one of the ring backs to the calling address during a wait time occurring before the call is established with the called party.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- requesting a call between a calling address and a called address;
- placing the call between the calling address and the called address;
- retrieving financial data;
- querying a database that stores ring backs selected by the called address for presentation to the calling address;
- retrieving an indication of one of the ring backs that is associated with the financial data, with the called address, and with the calling address;
- and
- routing the indication of the one of the ring backs to the calling address during a wait time occurring before the call is established with the called address.
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A computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- placing requesting a call between a calling address and a called address;
- querying for weather data associated with the called address;
- querying a database that stores ring backs selected by a called party for presentation to a calling party;
- retrieving an identifier of one of the ring backs that is associated with the weather data, with the called address, and with the calling address;
- retrieving the one of the ring backs from a calling device;
- and
- playing the one of the ring backs by the calling device during a wait time occurring before the call is established with the called address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.