Patent ID: 7809362
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an arbitrary sound as an RBT (RingBack Tone) in a communication network, said method comprising the steps of: (a) an HLR's (Home Location Register's) furnishing a call-terminating exchanger with first information on whether an RBT is to be replaced or not and second information informing on a route to a sound providing means; (b) the call-terminating exchanger's providing an RBT to a caller or requesting a trunk connection to the sound providing means while furnishing the sound providing means with information identifying a called, based on the first and the second information; and (c) the sound providing means determining an RBT-replacing sound based on the called-identifying information, and providing the determined RBT-replacing sound to the caller through the call-terminating exchanger that the trunk connection is made to.