Patent ID: 8139745
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A ring tone system providing a ring tone service to a called party receiving a call from a calling party, the ring tone system comprising: a network-based call control manager receiving a notification that the calling party is calling a device of the called party, the network-based call control manager prompting the calling party to identify a type of the call; and a network-based database storing a selection of ring tones associated with calling numbers and with types of calls, the network-based database queried by the network-based call control manager and retrieving a ring tone when the calling number is associated with the type of the call, the network-based call control manager prompting the calling party to identify the type of the call when the calling number is unassociated in the selection of ring tones, and the network-based call control manager typing the call in a predetermined manner when the calling party refuses to identify the type of the call; wherein the network-based database notifies the network-based call control manager of the ring tone, and the network-based call control manager presents the ring tone on the call that is set-up between the calling number and a called number associated with the device of the called party.