Method and apparatus for providing multimedia ringback services to user devices in IMS networks.

摘要

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing multimedia content to a calling party device (106 A1 ). Specifically, the method comprises receiving a connection establishment request from a calling party device (106 A1 ) where the connection establishment request is operable for establishing a connection between the calling party device (106 A1 ) and a called party device (106 B1 ) in an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network (110), obtaining multimedia content information in response to the connection establishment request where the multimedia content information is operable for establishing at least one multimedia session with the calling party device (106 A1 ), and transmitting at least a portion of the multimedia content information towards the calling party device (106 A1 ) contemporaneously with establishment of the connection.