Patent ID: 8315614

Claim:
A method for sending personal information in a subscriber-based ringback tone service comprising: a home location register providing a call-terminating exchanger with first information about whether or not a registered ringback tone is to be replaced and second information for routing to sound providing means when a calling terminal is registered in the call-terminating exchanger; the call-terminating exchanger requesting a call connection to the sound providing means based on the first and the second information when the calling terminal requests a call to a called terminal; and the sound providing means call-connecting to the calling terminal, detecting a specific sound set corresponding to the called terminal, and providing the calling terminal with the detected specific sound when the request of the call connection is received, wherein the specific sound is generated by combining a subscriber information sound for specific information, which identifies a called subscriber or represents a character of the called subscriber, with a common ringback tone including at least one replacement sound set by the called subscriber, wherein the combination includes specific information between two of the at least one replacement sounds.