Patent ID: 8175252

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: playing a ringback tone to a calling party on a call to a called party; storing identification information of the ringback tone by a ringback tone server that resides in a Wireless Intelligent Network, wherein the ringback tone server receives from a Service Control Point (SCP) a message instructing the ringback tone server which ringback tone to play, and wherein the identification information is stored at an account management component upon receipt of a bookmark request received by the ringback tone server, and wherein the ringback tone server establishes a bearer path with the calling party, and wherein a bookmark message is associated with the stored identification information of the ringback tone where the bookmark request is stored by the ringback tone server before a bearer path is established between the called party and the calling party; and wherein storing the identification information at an account management component further comprises determining whether to store the identification information in one of a service management system and a ringback tone interface, and if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the service management system the ring back tone server communicates the identification information to the service management system via a real-time database, and if the ringback tone server stores the identification information in the ringback tone service interface, the ringback tone server communicates the identification information to the ringback tone interface using a text message.