Patent ID: 8630628

Claim:
A method for performing a video phone call, comprising: establishing, by a calling terminal, a first bearer of the video phone call between the calling terminal and a Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) device; playing, by the MRBT device, a MRBT to the calling terminal via the first bearer between the calling terminal and the MRBT device; upon a called terminal answering the video phone call, sending, by an originating Mobile Switching Center (MSC) server, the calling terminal a prompt message that prompts the calling terminal to release the first bearer between the calling terminal and the MRBT device and establish a second bearer between the calling terminal and the called terminal; after receiving the prompt message sent by the originating MSC server, performing, by the calling terminal, the following: releasing the first bearer of the video phone call between the calling terminal and the MRBT device, and thereafter, establishing the second bearer of the video phone call between the calling terminal and the called terminal; and performing, by the calling terminal, a video phone call communication between the calling terminal and the called terminal via the second bearer of the video phone call between the calling terminal and the called terminal.