Patent ID: 7340049

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one intelligent network platform that serves to provide feedback to be played to a calling communication device during a call from the calling communication device for a called communication device; wherein one of the at least one intelligent network platform allows a user of the called communication device to preselect one or more portions of the feedback; wherein the at least one intelligent network platform comprises a service control point and an intelligent peripheral that are configured to communicate with a standards based mobile switching center; wherein the service control receives a first message from the standards based mobile switching center for a first call leg of the call and employs signaling to cause the standards based mobile switching center to connect the first call leg to the intelligent peripheral; wherein the intelligent peripheral provides the feedback to the calling communication device through the first call leg and initiates a second call leg to the called communication device through the standards based mobile switching center to connect with the called communication device; wherein the service control point receives a second message from the standards based mobile switching center for the second call leg and employs signaling to cause the standards based mobile switching center to connect the second call leg to the called mobile communication device.