Patent ID: 7076529
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a distinctive notification of an email arrival to a telephone customer premises equipment, said method comprising: receiving a message on an application server, said message including at least an email addressee; looking up the email addressee in a database to identify at least a called party's directory number and a distinctive ring tone associated with the email addressee; retrieving the distinctive ring tone from multiple ring tones associated with the called party's directory number, the distinctive ring tone selected by the email addressee to provide a distinct notification despite different email addresses associated with the called party's directory number; sending an instruction from the application server, said instruction including at least the called party's directory number and the distinctive ring tone; causing a network node to initiate a call to the called party's directory number; and sending a signal to the telephone customer premises equipment to provide the distinctive notification to the email addressee of the email arrival.