Patent ID: 8229406

Claim:
A method for providing a target mobile station with a multimedia content before the target mobile station answering a call requested from an originating mobile station over a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a call request from the originating mobile station; (b) paging the target mobile station and sending an incoming setup message to the target mobile station, wherein the incoming setup message includes a command for initiating a protocol to establish the channel for multimedia transmission between the target mobile station and the mobile communication system; (c) establishing a channel for multimedia transmission to the target mobile station by initiating the protocol to establish the channel for multimedia transmission in response to the target mobile station receiving the command included in the incoming setup message; (d) providing the target mobile station with the multimedia content through the channel for multimedia transmission; (e) receiving a call answer from the target mobile station, and releasing the channel for multimedia transmission in response to the call answer; and (f) connecting the call between the target mobile station and the originating mobile station.