Patent ID: 8977249
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a mobile client device, an incoming call sent by a caller, a caller ID being associated with the incoming call; accessing one or more nodes connected to a packet-based network to obtain, based on the caller ID, call context information associated with the incoming call, wherein the call context information comprises information about the call not included in the caller ID, at least one of the one or more nodes comprising a provider edge (PE) device, the call context information comprising: receiving, by the mobile client device, the call context information from the one or more nodes; applying, by the mobile client device, the received call context information to a set of client rules to select a specific ring tone from a plurality of ring tones stored on the mobile client device; sending information about an audio playback capability of the mobile client device to the one or more nodes, wherein the information about the audio playback capability of the mobile client device includes device type information about the mobile client device; and generating the specific ring tone on the mobile client device to announce the incoming call.