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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Larry H. Piercy, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Trey A. Hilyard, Olathe, KS (US);
Alex A. Zhang, Overland Park, KS (US);
Larry H. Piercy, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Trey A. Hilyard, Olathe, KS (US);
Alex A. Zhang, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a communication network comprises receiving a call setup request from a calling party in a calling network to a called party in the communication network wherein the call requires an early media service provided by a service network to the called party, forwarding the call setup request to the service network wherein the service network returns a first call setup response in response to the call setup request, and generating a second call setup response and transmitting the second call setup response to the calling network wherein the calling network generates and transmits a call setup instruction to the calling party in response to the second call setup request.