WO2009036603A1 - Method and system for providing diversity voice rings under the control of calling party - Google Patents

Method and system for providing diversity voice rings under the control of calling party Download PDF

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WO2009036603A1
WO2009036603A1 PCT/CN2007/002781 CN2007002781W WO2009036603A1 WO 2009036603 A1 WO2009036603 A1 WO 2009036603A1 CN 2007002781 W CN2007002781 W CN 2007002781W WO 2009036603 A1 WO2009036603 A1 WO 2009036603A1
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Haiyang Yu
Dayong Zhou
Xuecao Li
Guangqi Ouyang
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/02—Calling substations, e.g. by ringing
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    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
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    • H04M1/72415—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories for remote control of appliances

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  • the present invention pertains generally to the field of telecommunication techniques. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for providing a diversity ring tone under the control of the calling party.
  • a ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call. Older telephones simply used a pair of bells such as “ring... ring" to alert the users; however, modern ring tones have become extremely diverse, enabling phone personalization and customization. For example, newer mobile phones allow the users to associate different ring tones for different phone book entries. Taking advantage of this feature, the mobile phone owners would be able to readily determine which phone book entry the caller corresponds to. However, this is deficient in that it is very limited as far as the selection of ring tones playable, the complexity of ring tones playable, and the ways of programming the association of ring tones to calling numbers. For an example, the association between ring tones and calling numbers has to be defined by the phone owner in advance, and therefore, once the pre-definition is completed, the assigned ring tones can not be changed until next update.
  • a ring back tone is a ringing sound that a calling party hears at the calling party terminal when calling a called party terminal.
  • color ring back tones also known as personalized ring back tones
  • callers will hear an audio selection applied to the telephone line that has been determined by the called party. It is thus clear that the color ring back tones show diversity of the called party, not that of the calling party.
  • the present invention has been made to overcome the problems associated with the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a system and method capable of providing diversity ring tones under the control of the calling party.
  • a method for providing a diversity ring tone to a called party terminal under the control of a calling party terminal comprises the steps of: initiating a call from the calling party terminal to the called party terminal; determining whether the called party terminal is available to receive a call; if so, retrieving and playing a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal; and establishing connectivity between the calling and called party terminals, and turning on a speaker of the called party terminal, thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal, audible by means of the speaker.
  • the determination step further comprises making the called party terminal ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration in the case that the called party terminal is available to receive a call;
  • the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone further comprises: prior to performing playing, delaying for a predefined period of time;
  • the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker further comprises, at the same time as turning on the speaker, stopping ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration.
  • the predefined period of time is preferably defined at the calling party terminal in advance.
  • the calling and called terminals perform communications via a network element.
  • the method further preferably comprises a step storing at least one audio file as at least one ring tone and assigning an unique index to each of the at least one ring tone by the calling party terminal.
  • the call initiated by the calling party terminal further specifies an index, and the ring tone corresponding to the index is retrieved and played in the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone.
  • the method comprises a step following the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker, in which if the called party answers the call, terminate the present connectivity between the calling and called party terminals, stop playing the ring tone at the calling party terminal, and establish connectivity for voice communication between the calling and the called party terminals; else if the called party terminal rejects the call, release all the resource.
  • a system for providing a diversity ring tone which comprises: a calling party terminal which initiates a call; a called party terminal which is the destination of the call; wherein when the calling party terminal initiates a call to the called party terminal, It is determined whether the called party terminal is available to receive a call; and if so, a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal is retrieved and played; thereafter, connectivity between the calling and called party terminals is established, and a speaker of the called party terminal is turned on, thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal, audible by means of the speaker.
  • the called party terminal when it is determined that the called party terminal is available to receive a call, the called party terminal is made ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration. It is delayed for a predefined period of time to play a ring tone at the calling party terminal. At the same time as the speaker is turned on, the called party terminal is stopped ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration.
  • the predefined period of time is preferably defined at the calling party terminal in advance.
  • the system preferably further comprises a network element via which the calling and called terminals perform communications.
  • the calling party terminal is preferably configured to store at least one audio file as at least one ring tone and assign an unique index to each of the at least one ring tone.
  • the call initiated by the calling party terminal further specifies an index, and the ring tone stored at the calling party terminal which corresponds to the index is retrieved and played.
  • the connectivity between the calling and called party terminals is terminated, the ring tone is stopped being played at the calling party terminal, and connectivity for voice communication between the calling and the called party terminals is established; else if the called party terminal rejects the call, all the resource is released.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the constructions of a system according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 schematically illustrates the storage structure of the calling party terminal shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing the steps of the method according to the embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 a schematic overview of the constructions of a system for providing diversity ring tones according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the system comprises a calling party terminal 10, a telecom network 20 and a called party terminal 30. It should be appreciated that, for the purpose of simplicity, only two terminals are illustrated in this embodiment.
  • the terminals 10 and 30 can be any of communication devices with the function of audio communication, such as a fixed phone, mobile phone, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), PC (Personal Computer), etc.
  • a non-exhaustive list of potential terminals includes a fixed telephone connected to a POTS network or a PSTN (Public Switched Telephony Network), a mobile telephone coupled to a cellular radio network (such as GSM, GPRSIEDGE, CDMA or else UMTS), and a hand-held digital device provided with at least an audio communication module.
  • the calling party terminal 10 comprises a database for storing at least one diversity ring tones made or received from other data sources (e.g. without limitation, websites or platforms). Also, the calling party terminal 10 provides it's user with functions of making and managing his or her ring tone strategy, which include but not limited to assigning an unique index to each ring tone, editing, copying or deleting a diversity ring tone from the database, rearranging the correspondence between ring tones and index, etc. Furthermore, the calling party terminal 10 is operable to retrieve and play a ring tone stored therein.
  • the adaptations to the called party terminal can be performed through software or hardware update on the existing audio communication devices.
  • the adapted called party terminal 30 is provided with new table items, with which the user can select which of local ring tones and diversity ring tones will be preferred. If the local ring tones are preferred, the function of diversity ring tones is disabled, and the called party terminal always rings as the user's configuration when incoming calls reach it; otherwise, the function of diversity ring tones is supported at the called party terminal. In the following, the invention is explained with reference to the latter mode.
  • the telecom network 20 can be any appropriate wired or wireless communication medium such as but not limited to PSTN, GSM and CDMA network. It is coupled to the terminals 10 and 30 to provide telecommunication services therebetween.
  • the term "diversity ring tone" is a ringing sound heard by the called party when the calling party's calling reaches the called party terminal, which is selected by the calling party when initiating the call, in the purpose of showing the personality, character or identification thereof.
  • the diversity ring tone includes, but is not limited to, a recorded voice message, a bit of dialogue, a snippet of music or any other sound effects. With this feature, the called party can obtain certain information from the ring tone before answering the call. Also, the diversity ring tone can be used by advertisement companies to issue their advertisement information.
  • the calling party has stored at least one ring tone and made his or her strategy at the calling party terminal 10, in S100, by dial "the called party' telephone number + a separator (for example, *or #) + index" at the calling party terminal 10, he or she initiates a call relating to diversity ring tones to the called party terminal 30.
  • a separator for example, *or #
  • index for example, *or #
  • the calling party dials his friend Mary's telephone number + * (or #) + 1
  • the call relating to diversity ring tones is initiated, and the ring.1 is designated as the target ring tone to become audible at Mary's telephone, i.e. the called party terminal 30.
  • the telecom network 20 determines whether the called party terminal 30 is available to receive a call (S200). If so, the ring tone pre-stored at the calling party terminal 10 which corresponds to the extracted index information is retrieved and played in S300.
  • index information is not necessarily embedded in the call. In some applications, without such embedded information, or if the embedded index information is inactive, a default ring tone determined by the calling party in advance is retrieved and played. It is clear to those skilled in the art that, in light of the teaching of the invention, other various deployments are also possible.
  • the diversity ring tone determined by the calling party is played at the calling party terminal 10 after the called party terminal 30 has ringed in an ordinary manner in accordance with the called party's configuration for a predefined period of time.
  • the latter scheme may be of advantages in better attracting the called party's attention.
  • S200 further comprises making the called party terminal 30 ring in an ordinary manner in accordance with the called party's configuration in the case that the called party terminal 30 is available to receive a call; that S300 further comprises delaying for a predefined period of time prior to performing playing; and that S400 further comprises stopping ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration at the same time as turning on the speaker.
  • the predefined period of time may be specified in the call by the calling party terminal 10 as time information, and then be extracted in S300. It will readily come to those skilled in the art that the predefined period of time may be defined by the called party in advance.

Abstract

A method for providing a diversity ring tone to a called party terminal (30) under the control of a calling party terminal (10), comprises the steps of: initiating a call from the calling party terminal (10) to the called party terminal (30); determining whether the called party terminal (30) is available to receive a call; if so, retrieving and playing a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal (10); and establishing connectivity between the calling and called party terminals (10, 30), and turning on a speaker of the called party terminal (30), thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal (10), audible by means of the speaker. Alternatively, the determination step further comprises making the called party terminal (30) ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration, in the case that the called party terminal (30) is available to receive a call; the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone further comprises: prior to performing playing, delaying for a predefined period of time; and the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker further comprises, at the same time as turning on the speaker, stopping ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration. A system for providing a diversity ring tone is also described.

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Method and System for Providing Diversity Voice Rings under the Control of Calling Party
Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains generally to the field of telecommunication techniques. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for providing a diversity ring tone under the control of the calling party.
Background of the Invention
A ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call. Older telephones simply used a pair of bells such as "ring... ring..." to alert the users; however, modern ring tones have become extremely diverse, enabling phone personalization and customization. For example, newer mobile phones allow the users to associate different ring tones for different phone book entries. Taking advantage of this feature, the mobile phone owners would be able to readily determine which phone book entry the caller corresponds to. However, this is deficient in that it is very limited as far as the selection of ring tones playable, the complexity of ring tones playable, and the ways of programming the association of ring tones to calling numbers. For an example, the association between ring tones and calling numbers has to be defined by the phone owner in advance, and therefore, once the pre-definition is completed, the assigned ring tones can not be changed until next update.
A ring back tone is a ringing sound that a calling party hears at the calling party terminal when calling a called party terminal. In recent years, color ring back tones (also known as personalized ring back tones) have become globally popular. With this feature, callers will hear an audio selection applied to the telephone line that has been determined by the called party. It is thus clear that the color ring back tones show diversity of the called party, not that of the calling party.
There is much room for improvements in ring tone services.
Summary of the Invention
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to overcome the problems associated with the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a system and method capable of providing diversity ring tones under the control of the calling party.
In an aspect of the present invention, there is proposed a method for providing a diversity ring tone to a called party terminal under the control of a calling party terminal, which comprises the steps of: initiating a call from the calling party terminal to the called party terminal; determining whether the called party terminal is available to receive a call; if so, retrieving and playing a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal; and establishing connectivity between the calling and called party terminals, and turning on a speaker of the called party terminal, thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal, audible by means of the speaker.
As a modification of the method according to this aspect of the invention, the determination step further comprises making the called party terminal ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration in the case that the called party terminal is available to receive a call; the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone further comprises: prior to performing playing, delaying for a predefined period of time; and the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker further comprises, at the same time as turning on the speaker, stopping ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration. The predefined period of time is preferably defined at the calling party terminal in advance.
Preferably, the calling and called terminals perform communications via a network element.
The method further preferably comprises a step storing at least one audio file as at least one ring tone and assigning an unique index to each of the at least one ring tone by the calling party terminal.
Preferably, the call initiated by the calling party terminal further specifies an index, and the ring tone corresponding to the index is retrieved and played in the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone.
Preferably, the method comprises a step following the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker, in which if the called party answers the call, terminate the present connectivity between the calling and called party terminals, stop playing the ring tone at the calling party terminal, and establish connectivity for voice communication between the calling and the called party terminals; else if the called party terminal rejects the call, release all the resource.
In another aspect of the present invention, there is proposed a system for providing a diversity ring tone, which comprises: a calling party terminal which initiates a call; a called party terminal which is the destination of the call; wherein when the calling party terminal initiates a call to the called party terminal, It is determined whether the called party terminal is available to receive a call; and if so, a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal is retrieved and played; thereafter, connectivity between the calling and called party terminals is established, and a speaker of the called party terminal is turned on, thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal, audible by means of the speaker.
As a modification of the system according to this aspect of the invention, when it is determined that the called party terminal is available to receive a call, the called party terminal is made ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration. It is delayed for a predefined period of time to play a ring tone at the calling party terminal. At the same time as the speaker is turned on, the called party terminal is stopped ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration. The predefined period of time is preferably defined at the calling party terminal in advance.
The system preferably further comprises a network element via which the calling and called terminals perform communications.
The calling party terminal is preferably configured to store at least one audio file as at least one ring tone and assign an unique index to each of the at least one ring tone.
Preferably, the call initiated by the calling party terminal further specifies an index, and the ring tone stored at the calling party terminal which corresponds to the index is retrieved and played.
Preferably, if the called party answers the call, the connectivity between the calling and called party terminals is terminated, the ring tone is stopped being played at the calling party terminal, and connectivity for voice communication between the calling and the called party terminals is established; else if the called party terminal rejects the call, all the resource is released.
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The novel features believed characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, further objectives, and advantages thereof, will be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the constructions of a system according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 schematically illustrates the storage structure of the calling party terminal shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing the steps of the method according to the embodiment of the invention.
Throughout the specification and the drawing, like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
Preferential Embodiments
In the following, the illustrative embodiments of the present invention will be explained more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather these embodiments are provided so that the disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
In Fig. 1 , a schematic overview of the constructions of a system for providing diversity ring tones according to an embodiment of the invention is shown. As seen from Fig. 1 , the system comprises a calling party terminal 10, a telecom network 20 and a called party terminal 30. It should be appreciated that, for the purpose of simplicity, only two terminals are illustrated in this embodiment.
Generally, with appropriate adaptations, the terminals 10 and 30 can be any of communication devices with the function of audio communication, such as a fixed phone, mobile phone, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), PC (Personal Computer), etc. A non-exhaustive list of potential terminals includes a fixed telephone connected to a POTS network or a PSTN (Public Switched Telephony Network), a mobile telephone coupled to a cellular radio network (such as GSM, GPRSIEDGE, CDMA or else UMTS), and a hand-held digital device provided with at least an audio communication module.
As can be seen from Fig. 2, the storage structure of the calling party terminal 10 is shown. The calling party terminal 10 comprises a database for storing at least one diversity ring tones made or received from other data sources (e.g. without limitation, websites or platforms). Also, the calling party terminal 10 provides it's user with functions of making and managing his or her ring tone strategy, which include but not limited to assigning an unique index to each ring tone, editing, copying or deleting a diversity ring tone from the database, rearranging the correspondence between ring tones and index, etc. Furthermore, the calling party terminal 10 is operable to retrieve and play a ring tone stored therein.
The adaptations to the called party terminal can be performed through software or hardware update on the existing audio communication devices. The adapted called party terminal 30 is provided with new table items, with which the user can select which of local ring tones and diversity ring tones will be preferred. If the local ring tones are preferred, the function of diversity ring tones is disabled, and the called party terminal always rings as the user's configuration when incoming calls reach it; otherwise, the function of diversity ring tones is supported at the called party terminal. In the following, the invention is explained with reference to the latter mode.
The telecom network 20 can be any appropriate wired or wireless communication medium such as but not limited to PSTN, GSM and CDMA network. It is coupled to the terminals 10 and 30 to provide telecommunication services therebetween.
As used herein, the term "diversity ring tone" is a ringing sound heard by the called party when the calling party's calling reaches the called party terminal, which is selected by the calling party when initiating the call, in the purpose of showing the personality, character or identification thereof. The diversity ring tone includes, but is not limited to, a recorded voice message, a bit of dialogue, a snippet of music or any other sound effects. With this feature, the called party can obtain certain information from the ring tone before answering the call. Also, the diversity ring tone can be used by advertisement companies to issue their advertisement information.
Referring now to Fig. 3, the method of providing diversity ring tones will be described.
Assuming that the calling party has stored at least one ring tone and made his or her strategy at the calling party terminal 10, in S100, by dial "the called party' telephone number + a separator (for example, *or #) + index" at the calling party terminal 10, he or she initiates a call relating to diversity ring tones to the called party terminal 30. For example, returning to Fig. 2, when the calling party dials his friend Mary's telephone number + *(or #) + 1 , the call relating to diversity ring tones is initiated, and the ring.1 is designated as the target ring tone to become audible at Mary's telephone, i.e. the called party terminal 30.
Upon detecting such a call, the telecom network 20 determines whether the called party terminal 30 is available to receive a call (S200). If so, the ring tone pre-stored at the calling party terminal 10 which corresponds to the extracted index information is retrieved and played in S300.
It will be appreciated that index information is not necessarily embedded in the call. In some applications, without such embedded information, or if the embedded index information is inactive, a default ring tone determined by the calling party in advance is retrieved and played. It is clear to those skilled in the art that, in light of the teaching of the invention, other various deployments are also possible.
Then, in S400, connectivity between the calling and called party terminals 10 and 30 is established, and a speaker of the called party terminal 30 is turned on, thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal 10, audible by means of the speaker.
In the above scheme, immediately after it is determined that the called party terminal 30 is available to receive a call, make the diversity ring tone determined by the calling party become audible at the called party terminal 30. An alternative scheme is possible, in that the diversity ring tone is played at the calling party terminal 10 after the called party terminal 30 has ringed in an ordinary manner in accordance with the called party's configuration for a predefined period of time. In some applications, the latter scheme may be of advantages in better attracting the called party's attention.
The process in the latter scheme is similar to that in the former one, except that S200 further comprises making the called party terminal 30 ring in an ordinary manner in accordance with the called party's configuration in the case that the called party terminal 30 is available to receive a call; that S300 further comprises delaying for a predefined period of time prior to performing playing; and that S400 further comprises stopping ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration at the same time as turning on the speaker.
It is noted that the predefined period of time may be specified in the call by the calling party terminal 10 as time information, and then be extracted in S300. It will readily come to those skilled in the art that the predefined period of time may be defined by the called party in advance.
Then, if the called party answers the call, the present connectivity between the calling and called party terminals 10 and 30 is terminated, the ring tone is stopped being played at the calling party terminal 10, and connectivity for voice communication between the terminals is established; else if the called party rejects the call, all the resource is released. In the drawing and specification, there have been disclosed exemplary embodiments of the invention. Although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the invention being defined by the following claims. The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.

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1. A method for providing a diversity ring tone to a called party terminal (30) under the control of a calling party terminal (10), comprises the steps of: initiating a call from the calling party terminal (10) to the called party terminal (30); determining whether the called party terminal (30) is available to receive a call; if so, retrieving and playing a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal (10); and establishing connectivity between the calling and called party terminals (10, 30), and turning on a speaker of the called party terminal (30), thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal (10), audible by means of the speaker.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination step further comprises, making the called party terminal (30) ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration, in the case that the called party terminal (30) is available to receive a call; wherein the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone further comprises: prior to performing playing, delaying for a predefined period of time; and wherein the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker further comprises, at the same time as turning on the speaker, stopping ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the calling and called terminals (10, 30) perform communications via a network element (20).
4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprises a step storing at least one audio file as at least one ring tone and assigning an unique index to each of the at least one ring tone by the calling party terminal (10).
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the call initiated by the calling party terminal (10) further specifies an index, and the ring tone corresponding to the index is retrieved and played in the step of retrieving and playing a ring tone.
6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprises a step following the step of establishing connectivity and turning on a speaker, in which if the called party terminal (30) answers the call, terminate the present connectivity between the calling and called party terminals (10, 30), stop playing the ring tone at the calling party terminal (10), and establish connectivity for voice communication between the calling and the called party terminals (10, 30); else if the called party terminal (30) rejects the call, release all the resource.
7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the predefined period of time is defined at the calling party terminal (10).
8. A system for providing a diversity ring tone, which comprises: a calling party terminal (10) which initiates a call; a called party terminal (30) which is the destination of the call; wherein when the calling party terminal (10) initiates a call to the called party terminal (30), It is determined whether the called party terminal (30) is available to receive a call; and if so, a ring tone stored at the calling party terminal (10) is retrieved and played; thereafter, connectivity between the calling and called party terminals (10, 30) is established, and a speaker of the called party terminal (30) is turned on, thereby making the ring tone, which is being played at the calling party terminal (10), audible by means of the speaker.
9. The system according to claim 8, wherein when it is determined that the called party terminal (30) is available to receive a call, the called party terminal (30) is made ring in a manner in accordance with the called party's configuration; wherein it is delayed for a predefined period of time to play a ring tone at the calling party terminal (10); and wherein at the same time as the speaker is turned on, the called party terminal (30) is stopped ringing in the manner in accordance with the called party's configuration.
10. The system according to claim 8 or 9, further comprises a network element (20) via which the calling and called terminals (10, 30) perform communications.
11. The system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the calling party terminal (10) is configured to store at least one audio file as at least one ring tone and assign an unique index to each of the at least one ring tone.
12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the call initiated by the calling party terminal (10) further specifies an index, and wherein the ring tone stored at the calling party terminal (10) which corresponds to the index is retrieved and played.
13. The system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein if the called party terminal (30) answers the call, the connectivity between the calling and called party terminals (10, 30) is terminated, the ring tone is stopped being played at the calling party terminal (10), and connectivity for voice communication between the calling and the called party terminals (10, 30) is established; else if the called party terminal (30) rejects the call, release all the resource.
14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the predefined period of time is defined at the calling party terminal (10).
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