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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Andrew Frame, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dennis Peng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kelvin Cheung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeff Peck, Los Altos, CA (US);
Toby Farrand, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Frame, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dennis Peng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kelvin Cheung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeff Peck, Los Altos, CA (US);
Toby Farrand, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ooma, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary VoIP service provides call participants cues to indicate that an enhanced service is being employed. When calling, the standard dial tone may be replaced with a distinctive dial tone or sound that indicates to the call participant that enhanced service is active (e.g., a service active sound). In some embodiments, the person called by the VoIP user hears a viral sound that indicates that an enhanced telephone service is being used. Furthermore, communication audio cues may be provided during the communication to provide further information to the call participants.