Telephone advertising method and apparatus
Patent 5448625 Issued on September 5, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 13, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 13, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3714575 3825947 Computerized system for routing incoming telephone calls to a plurality of agent positions Telephone toll service with advertising Semi-automated customer information system Coin telephone message and management system Patent #: 5007077 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 046418 filed on 04/13/1993US Classes:379/88.25, Message storage in centralized location (e.g., central office, PBX, etc.)379/88.2, Automatic Number Identification (ANI)379/114.13AdvertisementExaminersPrimary: Dwyer, James L.Assistant: Hunter, Daniel S. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesH04M 015/06H04M 001/64 AbstractA method and apparatus for routing a telephone call through a telephone network from a caller to a called party designated by the caller via advertising service apparatus that operates in two modes successively, the parties being in communication with each other in one mode and ads are selected from storage during that mode and the ads are impressed on one or both of the parties during a different mode. Selection of ad messages for use is controlled by many criteria. Delivery of ad is recorded for accounting purposes. The modes may alternate between message intervals whose duration is determined by ad message length and communication intervals whose length is determined by a talking time timer. | |
