Patent ID: 7203297

Claim:
A telecommunications system, comprising: a network element; and at least one subscriber terminal comprising: a transmitter for transmitting signals; a memory for storing parameters associated with selectable profiles, said parameters controlling the functions of the subscriber terminal at least in connection with a terminating call; and a user interface providing the possibility to select for use one of said selectable profiles with the associated parameters, wherein said parameters stored in the memory of the subscriber terminal include message parameters which identify messages that are associated with the respective profiles, whereby a profile selection carried out with the user interface triggers the transmitter to transmit an activation message to the network element; and said network element comprises a memory means for storing several optional messages for said at least one subscriber terminal, and control means which are responsive to said activation message for activating the message or messages indicated by the activation message, such that the activated message or messages can be transmitted from the memory means to a calling subscriber of the system under predetermined conditions.