Patent ID: 8073128
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: receiving an opt-out request from a calling party to avoid employment of a specialized ringback tone on one or more subsequent calls from the calling party to a called party, wherein the specialized ringback tone is preselected by the called party to be played to the calling party on a call from the calling party to the called party; determining at a ringback tone call controller, based on the opt-out request, to provide a substitute tone to the calling party in place of the specialized ringback tone on the one or more subsequent calls from the calling party to the called party; and stopping the specialized ringback tone for a remainder of a ringing phase of the call in response to a voice command determined to be a valid opt-out request by the ringback tone call controller or a ringback tone server if the specialized ringback tone is being played to the calling party on the call when the calling party makes the opt-out request.