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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Paul J. Fellingham, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Christopher P. Gilboy, Freehold, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A calling party may receive an audio logo or an audible announcement during a telecommunications call. Upon receipt of the call, a switch ( ) within a network ( ) accesses a service database ( ) to determine if the call should receive an audio logo or audible announcements during call set-up. This determination is based on call attribute information such as the calling party number, the dialed number, the carrier identification code, trunk group characteristics, and/or “II” digits; and pre-provisioned data arrays, such as lists of originating numbers, destination numbers, carrier identification codes, trunk group characteristics, and/or II digits that should or should not receive an announcement or announcements. An announcement frame ( ) in the switch ( ) plays the announcement(s) to the calling party, while the switch simultaneously sets up the call to the called party ( ). If the switch detects answering of the call by the called party while an announcement is still playing, the announcement will be abruptly terminated.