Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls enables the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Prior to initiating the call, the call initiator's communication device records a personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator. A peer-to-peer connection is established between the call initiator's communication device and the call recipient's communication device. The call initiator may upload the personalized audio or video invitation to a server for the call recipient to download or stream from the server, or the call recipient may download or stream the personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator's device via the peer-to-peer connection. Upon receipt of a notification from the call recipient that the call is accepted, a live voice connection between the call initiator and call recipient is established.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls enables the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Prior to initiating the call, the call initiator's communication device records a personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator. A peer-to-peer connection is established between the call initiator's communication device and the call recipient's communication device. The call initiator may upload the personalized audio or video invitation to a server for the call recipient to download or stream from the server, or the call recipient may download or stream the personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator's device via the peer-to-peer connection. Upon receipt of a notification from the call recipient that the call is accepted, a live voice connection between the call initiator and call recipient is established.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Prior to initiating the call, the call initiator's communication device records a personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator. A peer-to-peer connection is established between the call initiator's communication device and the call recipient's communication device, and the call initiator's communication device provides a call request message including the personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator to the call recipient's communication device via the peer-to-peer connection. Upon receipt of a notification from the call recipient that the call is accepted pursuant to review of the personalized audio or video invitation by the call recipient, a live voice connection between the call initiator and call recipient is established.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. The call initiator's communication device presents a recording interface including a multi-function button that, upon selection during a countdown duration, initiates a direct call to the call recipient. However, when the multi-function button is not selected during the countdown period and prior to initiating the call, a personalized audio or video invitation is created by the call initiator and is attached to the phone call data packet in place of the conventional Caller Id data packet. The call signaling may proceed in a conventional manner (e.g.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. The call initiator's communication device presents a recording interface including a multi-function button that, upon selection during a countdown duration, initiates a direct call to the call recipient. However, when the multi-function button is not selected during the countdown period and prior to initiating the call, a personalized audio or video invitation is created by the call initiator and is attached to the phone call data packet in place of the conventional Caller Id data packet. The call signaling may proceed in a conventional manner (e.g.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Prior to initiating the call, the call initiator's communication device records a personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator. A peer-to-peer connection is established between the call initiator's communication device and the call recipient's communication device, and the call initiator's communication device provides a call request message including the personalized audio or video invitation from the call initiator to the call recipient's communication device via the peer-to-peer connection. Upon receipt of a notification from the call recipient that the call is accepted pursuant to review of the personalized audio or video invitation by the call recipient, a live voice connection between the call initiator and call recipient is established.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Thus, prior to completion of the call, the call recipient may be comforted that the incoming call is one that should be taken or, conversely, one that may be safely avoided. The personalized audio or video invitation is created by the call initiator and is attached to the phone call data packet in place of the conventional Caller Id data packet. The call signaling may proceed in a conventional manner (e.g., using conventional client-server signaling) except that instead of providing a standard call with Caller Id as the sole identifying information, a data packet including the personalized audio or video invitation is provided to the call recipient to review prior to accepting the incoming call, as desired.

Abstract: A system and method for managing phone calls by enabling the call initiator to create a personalized audio or video invitation that the call recipient may review prior to accepting the call, which is immediately connected upon acceptance. Thus, prior to completion of the call, the call recipient may be comforted that the incoming call is one that should be taken or, conversely, one that may be safely avoided. The personalized audio or video invitation is created by the call initiator and is attached to the phone call data packet in place of the conventional Caller Id data packet. The call signaling may proceed in a conventional manner (e.g., using conventional client-server signaling) except that instead of providing a standard call with Caller Id as the sole identifying information, a data packet including the personalized audio or video invitation is provided to the call recipient to review prior to accepting the incoming call, as desired.