Patent ReferencesTelephone toll service with advertising Computer-based classified ad system and method Telephone advertising method and apparatus System and method for selectively distributing commercial messages over a communications network Patent #: 5515098 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 712864 filed on 09/12/1996US Classes:455/412.1Message storage or retrievalExaminersPrimary: Dolinar, Andrew M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04Q 007/22AbstractA cellular telephone system, is provided with an ad server and a memory for holding various commercial messages. The messages are either generic, or are tailored for specific demographically selected subscribers, or geographic cells. When communication is established either between a subscriber or a nonsubscriber, at least one of them gets either a generic or a specific commercial message. | |