Patent ID: 8442211

Claim:
A method for providing a Ring Back Tone in a communication network, comprising: obtaining, when connecting a call, by a first switching device, subscription information of an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by a callee and a caller, and routing, by the first switching device, the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service to an interactive Ring Back Tone service platform; issuing, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform, a second subscription identifier to a second switching device according to the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service, wherein the second subscription identifier identifies the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscription of the callee and the caller; issuing, when the callee is idle, by the second switching device, to the callee a first subscription identifier for identifying an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscription of the callee and the caller, wherein the first subscription identifier instructs the callee to wait for playing of an interactive Ring Back Tone; determining, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform, the interactive Ring Back Tone to be played according to a priority set in the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the caller and the callee, and playing, by the interactive Ring Back Tone service platform the interactive Ring Back Tone to the callee; and wherein, the process of obtaining subscription information of an interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the callee and the caller comprises: obtaining, by the first switching device, from a Home Location Register the subscription information of the interactive Ring Back Tone service subscribed by the callee and the caller.