670 results about "Ring back tone" patented technology

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for managing ring-back sounds in a subscriber-based ring-back sound service. The method includes the first step of storing common ring-back sounds and reporting details of use of the common ring-back sounds, the second step of storing individual ring-back sounds and reporting details of use of the individual ring-back sounds, and the third step of statistically compiling the reported details of use and determining whether to maintain storage of the ring-back sounds based up the statistically complied details. A method and apparatus for presenting and changing ring-back sounds based upon the ring-back sound managing method and apparatus are provided.

The present invention provides a method of communicating with at least a calling party and at least a called party. The method includes receiving information indicative of an incoming call from the calling party, accessing context information associated with the called party in response to receiving the information indicative of the incoming call, and providing a ring-back tone based on the context information associated with the called party.

A system and method for using an IP client attached to the Public Internet, acting as a virtual mobile terminal such as a cell phone, to have full access to mobile telephony services offered by a mobile operator using a SIP2 Mobile gateway. The services include a mobile telephone number, capabilities of sending and receiving short messages and mobile intelligent services such as prepaid billing, number translation, and ring back tones.

A method for providing access to a socio-RBT service is provided. The socio-RBT service enables updating social networking website profile of a user with RBT related information of the user. The method enables, firstly, receiving socio-RBT subscription information from the user. The socio-RBT subscription information comprises at least one unique identifier of the user. Secondly, the method enables verifying one or more predetermined conditions related to the user. The one or more predetermined conditions facilitate to determine if the user is eligible to access the socio-RBT service. Further, the method enables mapping the unique identifier of the user with a unique identifier of the user's social networking website profile. The method further enables obtaining RBT subscription information corresponding to the mapped unique identifier of the user. The method enables, finally, updating RBT related information on the social networking website profile of the user corresponding to the RBT subscription information.

Methods and systems for enhanced Colorful Ring-Back Tone (eCRBT) services by mixing multiple digital content streams in real time are provided, including audio, video, data, text-based message, and hypermedia object streams. One or more properties of the content streams, such as volume or pitch of an audio stream, or brightness and layout of a video stream, are gradually altered such that a prominence of the an individual content stream is dynamically and seamlessly changed relative to other content streams with time. An eCRBT controller controls mixing and playing of digital content either based on an internal algorithm in an application server, or selections received from subscribers through provisioning interfaces. Personalized content streams can be mixed and played in real time based on interactive response received from a calling subscriber. Content may also be personalized based on caller by service provider. Subscriber-chosen content, subscriber's current availability information, and promotional or informational content from a service provider or a third party may be mixed seamlessly on top of each other.

A network handover method applicable to network handover in ringing/ring back tone (RBT) or call hold is provided. According to this method, in ringing/RBT, one party performs a session negotiation with an Other End Point (OEP) via a call continuity application server, and then sends an off-hook signal to the OEP via the call continuity application server after the negotiation succeeds. Further, a call continuity application server and a user equipment (UE) are provided. According to the present disclosure, in ringing/RBT or call hold, even if the network coverage is not good, the UE may also be handed over to another network through call continuity, so as to effectively prevent the UE from dropping a call in ringing/RBT or call hold and thus improve the conversation quality of the user.

A system and method for providing multimedia portal contents in a communication system. The method provides a ring-back tone to a calling terminal, the calling terminal sets first multimedia portal contents to be provided as the ring-back tone in consideration of given information of a calling terminal user. A called terminal sets second multimedia portal contents to provide as the ring-back tone in consideration of the given information of the calling terminal user, and the calling and called terminals transmit call connection setup related signals including set information. A first server receives the call connection setup-related signals and provides specific multimedia portal contents as the ring-back tone when the calling and called terminals set the multimedia portal contents, and provides the determined multimedia portal contents to the calling terminal.

The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying Ring Back Tone and Caller Display in picture/video format, to solve the defect of the RBT in the prior art that can only provide a voice signal and cannot provide a picture or video signal. In the present invention, when originating a call, for the specific user, the switch of calling user/called user will select a corresponding picture/video file from a RBT/Caller Display server that coupled with a originating/receiving switching center, according to the personal setting of the calling/called user; then transmitting the file to a communication terminal of the calling/called user, and processing therein; then displaying related content on a screen, thus when a call is connected but not be answered, calling user can watch the picture/video preset by called user, and/or called user can watch the picture/video preset by calling user. The picture/video formatted RBT and Caller Display system of the present invention is an individual fashion like the CRBT, it is suitable for those who willing to go in for newness, fashion and personality users.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for playing a ring back tone, which is used for initiating an audio call and realizing a function of playing the video ring back tone. The method disclosed by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps: calling user equipment initiates an audio call to called user equipment; the calling user equipment receives video ring back tone media negotiation information sent by a ring back tone platform after completing audio ring back tone media negotiation with the ring back tone platform according to the audio call; if the calling user equipment supports video ring back tone media, the calling user equipment carries out video media negotiation according to the video ring back tone media negotiation information and the media ability information of the calling user equipment to determine a video media negotiation result; and the calling user equipment sends the video media negotiation result to the ring back tone platform, wherein the video media negotiation result is used by the ring back tone platform to play the video ring back tone.

A method and a system for implementing interconversion between a ring back tone and a ringing tone are disclosed. The method for converting the ring back tone into the ringing tone includes: configuring ring back tone information for a user according to a ring back tone configuration request; obtaining relevant data of corresponding ringtone information according to the ring back tone information configured, and sending the relevant data to a user terminal. The method for converting the ringing tone into the ring back tone includes: generating a ring back tone configuration request according to ringing tone configuration information, where a user terminal configures the ringing tone with the ringing tone configuration information; and configuring the ring back tone corresponding to the ringing tone to be a ring back tone information of the user terminal according to the ringing tone configuration information in the ring back tone configuration request.

This invention discloses a method and a system for realizing matched ring-back sound service including the following steps: a management node stores the designed information including a calling ring-back sound, a called ring-back sound and its priority in a database assigned by a user, when a call request appears between a first user and a second user, a second node restrains the traditional sound and sends an IAM message attached with the calling and called numbers to a service function unit, which picks up the numbers and inquires the database designed by the user to get the information should be played after receiving the IAM message, the database utilizes said numbers to determine the index number should be played to search it to be played to the calling user.

The invention discloses a method for the calling party to shield the CRBT of the called party, which includes the following steps: the switchboard calling party receives the massage of rings from the called party and judges whether the calling party has ordered CRBT shielding business or not, if so, then the switchboard broadcasts regular broadcast voices or customized color ring back tone to the calling party.

The invention discloses a method and a system for realizing word coloring ring back tone based on a coloring ring back tone platform. The system comprises a word coloring ring back tone platform, the coloring ring back tone platform, a calling MSC and a called MSC; and the method comprises the following steps that: a calling user dials a called user; when the calling MSC switches the calling to the coloring ring back tone platform to which the called user belongs according to the coloring ring back tone marking SSCODE of the called user, the calling MSC continuously notifies a calling event to the word coloring ring back tone platform; the word coloring ring back tone platform extracts corresponding word coloring ring back tone information according to subscription information of the called user and deliveries the word coloring ring back tone information to a calling user mobile phone terminal; and the calling user mobile phone terminal displays the word coloring ring back tone information delivered by the word coloring ring back tone platform. The invention belongs to the technical field of mobile communication and can transform by using the conventional coloring ring back tone platform; the adoption of the pseudo coloring ring back tone mode is not limited to whether a user signs the coloring ring back tone service; and the signing can be synchronized with individual signature of a third software platform through an interactive menu and user interaction.

The method includes following steps: (1) calling handset initiates a call to the called party; mobile service switching center (MSC) builds route to the called party; (2) after receiving ringing information transmitted from MSC, calling handset restrains original ring back tone, and plays back a sound file stored in the calling handset as ring back tone; (3) the called party makes a response; then, calling party stops playing sound file; communication begins between calling party and called party. The invention makes users realize current colorful ringing function without any registration and any charge. The method is simple, providing individuation to handset.

The present invention includes method and systems, and communication terminal, for transmitting a variety of information and contents (Ring-Back Information) such as music, songs, advertisements, sounds, voices, any audible resource edited by the subscriber, animation, and moving images, instead of the uniform ring-back tone (an mechanical tone) which has been provided to a calling party while the calling party is waiting for the called party's answer after the calling party executes a call setup request.

According to the invention, the Ring-Back Information selected by the called party is provided to the calling party by inter-working of the terminating exchange 10-n and the terminating terminal 20-n. When the terminating terminal 20-n receives a call from the terminating exchange 10-n, the terminating terminal 20-n transmits the Ring-Back Information to the terminating exchange and then the terminating exchange 10-n delivers to the originating terminal the Ring-Back Information received from the terminating terminal 20-n.

The method includes steps: user subscribes service of restricting color ring; when user calls the called user, CSCF at calling side determines whether calling user subscribes service of restricting color ring based on initial filtering rules; if yes, then CSCF at calling side modifies Invite message to make it carry tag of restricting service of color ring; CSCF at calling side forwards modified Invite message to CSCF at called side; after receiving Invite message, CSCF at called side carries out parsing to find out that calling user subscribes service of restricting color ring so that no matter whether the called user subscribes service of color ring or not, service of color ring is not triggered; called side executes normal call flow, and plays back ordinary ring back tone to calling user. The invention makes calling user possible to restrict characteristic ring back tone of the called user. Through short message/Web ways, user can subscribe service of restricting color ring.

This invention discloses a call control and a processing method based on automatic connection of a mobile phone. The call control and the processing method comprises steps: a calling party initiates a voice calling; a called terminal preset the scene mode and determines the current scene mode, and if the current scene mode is set in a normal mode, the mobile phone can prompt the called party by vibration when a call is coming in, and a ring-back tone is sent to the calling part ; the scene mode is set into different modes according to different time frames, and the scene mode is automatically switched according to the time frame on the called terminal; if the current scene mode is set into an "other" mode, the called terminal automatically connects the incoming call, and the calling party and the called party perform signaling receiving and transmitting based on voice communication, and the communication process is automatically controlled. By call communication analysis and interactive processing after automatically connecting the voice call of the mobile phone, the communication efficiency is improved without support of an operator and communication system alternation.