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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Chaoxin Charles Qiu, Olathe, KS (US);
Shannon P. Silvus, Penfield, NY (US);
Richard N. Kennedy, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael J. Gettles, Olathe, KS (US);
William Douskalis, Centreville, VA (US);
Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A communication hub for providing call tones in a communication network proximate the calling device. The communication hub comprises an interface coupled to a processor and a tone generator. The tone generator is configured to generate call tones. The processor is configured to process an in-band call tone request message to direct the tone generator to provide the call tones to a call device. The interface is configured to receive the call tone request message and provide the call tones to the call device.