Patent ID: 7567654

Claim:
A method for setting up a communication link from a first telecommunication device over a telecommunication network to a second telecommunication device, comprising: storing in the telecommunication network multimedia objects assigned to a first telecommunication subscriber, each multimedia object having a corresponding reference number; defining an assignment mapping using at least one data set which specifies assignment of a specific call recipient to a specific reference number of a specific multimedia object; sending a connection setup request from the telecommunication device assigned to the first telecommunication subscriber to the telecommunication network which specifies that a communication link from the first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device assigned to a second telecommunication subscriber is to be set up; determining the corresponding reference number specified for the second telecommunication subscriber based on the assignment mapping; transmitting, from the telecommunication network to the second telecommunication device, an identified multimedia object assigned to the corresponding reference number; playing back the identified multimedia object on the second telecommunication device, and wherein said determining of the corresponding reference number for the second telecommunication subscriber is performed by the first telecommunication device, and wherein said method further comprises: storing the assignment mapping in the first telecommunication device, and after said determining of the corresponding reference number for the second telecommunication subscriber, transmitting the corresponding reference number from the first telecommunication device to the telecommunication network prior to said transmitting of the identified multimedia object to the second telecommunication device, wherein said determining of the corresponding reference number is performed by the telecommunication network, wherein said determining indicates a predetermined reference number of a predetermined multimedia object if no data record is present in the assignment mapping for the second telecommunication subscriber.