END USER CONTROL OF MUSIC ON HOLD

摘要

In an exemplary embodiment, a wireless handset allows a user having a connection in an "on- hold" state to select one or more sources for play-out of media at a handset receiver while in the on- hold state, and then be signaled when the on-hold state is terminated. Such on-hold state might be indirectly detected, such as by detection of music-on-hold, or directly detected through on-hold notification. User selected media for play-out might be locally generated at the user's handset, or provided through a separate connection established between the wireless handset and the network.