Patent ID: 7088816
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting the nature or form of an alert used to announce a call made by a user participating in a customised alert service, the method including: a. establishing a customised alert service configuration for a participating user, the customised alert service configuration being stored on one or more network accessible devices; b. the participating user using a first communications terminal to make a call to a second communications terminal, the first and second communications terminals being remote from the one or more network accessible devices, the call being supported by a first communications service; c. the second communications terminal sending a request to one of the one or more network accessible devices, requesting an alert descriptor in accordance with the customised alert service configuration; d. the network accessible device identifying a chosen alert descriptor using the customised alert service configuration for the participating user; e. the network accessible device transmitting the chosen alert descriptor to the second communications terminal; and f. the second communications terminal announcing the call by activating an alert using the chosen alert descriptor.