SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CALLING PARTY

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a ringing tone indicative of calling party identification (32) to a mobile station (16) in a telecommunications network (10). The system has a subscriber database (12) that stores information on ringing tones to be used for the mobile station as a function of calling party identification. Upon receipt of an incoming call (64) at a switching node (14), the switching node obtains from the subscriber database the information on the ringing tone to be used, and sends the information on the ringing tone to be used to the mobile station. The information on ringing tones to be used for the mobile station is selected and stored by a mobile subscriber.