Patent Document ID: 8494137
Application ID: 11809685
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for playing pre-call messages, comprising: receiving user input from a user to record a pre-call message for one or more intended recipients in anticipation of an incoming call from the one or more intended recipients; associating the pre-call message with an identifier of the one or more intended recipients; playing the pre-call message to the one or more intended recipients during the ring back period in response to determining the incoming call is from the one or more intended recipients using the identifier; deleting the pre-call message automatically according to user preferences and in response to (1) identifying the incoming call is from the one or more intended recipients, and (2) determining the one or more intended recipients have played an entirety of the pre-call message; and playing a default message for future calls from the one or more intended recipients in response to deleting the pre-call message.