Patent ID: 8737271

Claim:
A user terminal configured to access an IMS network, to obtain from the network an indication of a current dial-tone condition of the terminal, wherein said current dial-tone condition is one of a set of dial-tone conditions that includes a special condition dial-tone indicating an active CDIV, Communication Forward Unconditional, CFU, condition, and to display a graphical user-interface, GUI, that includes a visual indication of the current dial-tone condition of the terminal including, when the current dial-tone condition is the special condition dial-tone indicating the active CDIV CFU condition, a visual indication of the active CDIV CFU condition, wherein the user terminal is configured as a client of an Application Server that interacts with the client by means of an interface that allows the client to manipulate dial-tone service-related data associated with the Application Server, and wherein the user terminal is operable to send a request to the network to obtain the indication of the current dial-tone condition of the terminal.