Patent ID: 7197135

Claim:
A system for caller control of a tune notification, comprising: a first network element operative to: receive a service access code for a tune notification service and a called directory number input by a calling party placing a call; issue a query in response to receiving the service access code; a second network element in communication with the first network element over a communication path, the second network element operative to: receive the query from the first network element; provide a list of tune categories to a device associated with the calling party; after providing the list of tune categories to the device associated with the calling party, receive a selection of one of the tune categories from the list of tune categories from the calling party wherein the selection corresponds to an emotion that a caller believes will be invoked by the call content; after receiving the selection from the list tune categories, provide a list of tunes to the device associated with the calling party; after providing the list of tunes to the device associated with the calling party, receive a selection of one of the tunes from the list of tunes from the calling party; issue a response including a tune notification signal associated with the tune notification selection to the first network element; and the first network element further operative to: process the call so that the tune notification signal causes the tune notification to be applied to a called telephone line associated with the called directory number upon receipt of the response from the second network element.