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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
James E. Haley, Aston, PA (US);
Douglas R. Jones, Medford, NJ (US);
John H. Wurster, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Susan M. Middleswarth, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James E. Haley, Aston, PA (US);
Douglas R. Jones, Medford, NJ (US);
John H. Wurster, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Susan M. Middleswarth, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Verizon Services Corp., Ashburn, VA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for providing customized ring-back tones to callers on a wireline network such as a public switched telephone network having an advanced intelligent network or a VoIP network. When a call request is received from a calling party to connect to a called party through a wireline telephone network it is determined if the calling party is identified in a screening list for the called party. If so, then a customized audible ring-back tone is played to the calling party until the called party is connected to the calling party or until the call request is terminated.