Patent ID: 7742589
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a distinctive call waiting tone based on a redirecting number, the method comprising: receiving a call from an originating device at a redirecting device; forwarding the call from the redirecting device to a destination device, the forwarded call having an associated data message that includes a calling number of the originating device, a called number of the destination device, and a redirecting number of the redirecting device; comparing, at a controller communicatively coupled to the destination device, the redirecting number to an authorized set of numbers; when the authorized set of numbers includes the redirecting number and the destination device is in use, applying a call waiting tone of a plurality of distinctive call waiting tones to the destination device, wherein the call waiting tone is based on the redirecting number; and when the authorized set of numbers includes the redirecting number and the destination device is not in use, applying a ring tone of a plurality of distinctive ring tones to the destination device, wherein the ring tone is determined based on the redirecting number.