PERSONALIZED CALL ANNOUNCEMENT ON A DATA NETWORK TELEPHONY SYSTEM

摘要

Systems and methods for providing personalized call announcement services are provided. A user provides a call announcement attribute to a first data network appliance. As part of a call setup operation with a second data network appliance located on a data network, the first data network appliance (also located on the data network) transmits the call announcement attribute to the second data network appliance. The second data network appliance plays a personalized call announcement message corresponding to the call announcement attribute received from the first data network appliance. The personalized call announcement message notifies the called party of the incoming call. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the user uses a portable information device to transmit the announcement message attributes to the first data network appliance. An example of a portable information device is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a smart card, or a portable phone.