Real-time voice paging voice augmented caller ID/ring tone alias
A communication device and method can include one or more processors operatively coupled to memory and an audible output device, where the one or more processors receive a call from a calling party that includes caller identification information and a voice paging message associated with the caller identification information, presenting the caller identification information, presenting the voice paging message as an alias of or to a ring tone or interleaved with the ring tone before the call from the calling party is answered or rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
1. A device, comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
analyzing a caller identification information associated with an incoming call to determine a ring tone to associate with the caller;
presenting the ring tone to a called party;
querying the caller, while the ring tone is presented to the called party, to determine if an audio clip is available;
presenting notification to the called party that an audio clip is available;
receiving from the called party indication to listen to the audio clip;
sending a request to the caller to send the audio clip;
receiving an audio clip associated with the incoming call;
presenting the audio clip to the called party; and
receiving, from the called party, indication of whether to answer the call.
2. The device according to claim 1 , where the ring tone is presented first, then the audio clip, then the ring tone continues.
3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise processing the call from the calling party that includes a real time voice paging message.
4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise establishing a transport connection for the real time voice paging message.
5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying the calling party associated with the call;
presenting the name of the caller in audio prior to the audio clip being presented.
6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending a command to prompt the calling party to generate a real time voice paging message.
7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise rejecting the call based on identification of the caller identification.
8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise presenting the audio clip with the ring tone in a repeating cycle.
9. The device according to claim 1 , where the device is a phone.
10. The device according to claim 1 , where the device is an earphone.
11. A method, comprising:
analyzing a caller identification information associated with an incoming call to determine a ring tone to associate with the caller;
presenting the ring tone to a called party;
querying the caller, while the ring tone is presented to the called party, to determine if an audio clip is available;
presenting notification to the called party that an audio clip is available;
receiving from the called party indication to listen to the audio clip;
sending a request to the caller to send the audio clip;
receiving an audio clip associated with the incoming call;
presenting the audio clip to the called party;
receiving, from the called party, indication of whether to answer the call; and
sending to the calling party indication of whether the call will be answered.
12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
processing the call from the calling party where the audio clip is a real time voice paging message.
13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
establishing a transport connection for the real time voice paging message.
14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying the calling party associated with the call.
15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
presenting the name of the caller in audio prior to the audio clip being presented.
16. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving from the called party a command to prompt the calling party to generate a real time voice paging message.
17. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
rejecting the call.
18. The device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
presenting the audio clip with the ring tone in a repeating cycle.