Patent ID: 7839995

Claim:
A method, comprising the step of: receiving an initial address message (IAM), for a call from a calling communication device to a called communication device, from a mobile switching center associated with the called communication device, wherein the call is routed by a service control point to an intelligent peripheral that receives the initial address message; sending an address complete message (ACM) to the mobile switching center to create a communication path to the calling communication device during a call setup for the call; performing a playback of a ringback tone by the intelligent peripheral to the calling communication device through employment of the communication path to the calling communication device during the call setup for the call; monitoring the communication path for input from the user of the calling communication device during the call setup for the call and during the playback of the ringback tone; changing a playback characteristic of the ringback tone by the intelligent peripheral based on the input from the user of the calling communication device during the call setup for the call and during the playback of the ringback tone.