Patent ID: 8331539

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a network device, an incoming call from a caller; determining, by the receiving network device and based on information stored in memory and information included in the incoming call, one or more data points associated with the incoming call that include a geographical location of the caller; determining, by the network device and based on the one or more data points, values for one or more attributes of the incoming call, where the one or more attributes include a call location and a special request; automatically choosing, by the network device and based on determining the values for the one or more attributes of the incoming call, one or more characteristics of an audio-tone; modifying, by the network device and based on the values of the one or more attributes of the incoming call, the chosen characteristics of the audio-tone such that the modified characteristics represent the one or more attributes of the incoming call; and instructing, by the network device, an audio-tone generator to generate at a callee's device the audio-tone with the modified characteristics, such that the audio-tone indicates to the callee the one or more attributes of the incoming call, including the call location and an indication of whether the call represents a special request.