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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2006
Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);
Shiyan Hua, Lisle, IL (US);
Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);
Shiyan Hua, Lisle, IL (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Communication networks and associated methods are disclosed that provide a content sharing service through multimedia ringback tones. The communication network comprises a network node and a multimedia ringback system. The network node receives a call from a calling party to a subscriber of the content sharing service, and routes the call to the multimedia ringback system. The multimedia ringback system identifies a multimedia ringback tone for the call where the multimedia ringback tone includes a message prompting the calling party to share content of the subscriber, and provides the multimedia ringback tone to the calling party. The multimedia ringback system then receives a request for the content indicated in the multimedia ringback tone from the calling party, and initiates the transfer of the content to the calling party responsive to the request.