Visual IVR using call redirect
First Claim
1. A method for redirecting a call initiated from a portable communication device, the method comprising:
- screening the call initiated from the portable communication device by a communication application resident in the portable communication device;
automatically redirecting, by the portable communication device, the call from normal call processing, when the screening determines that the call matches predetermined criteria;
authenticating an account corresponding to the portable communication device that initiated the redirected call by communicating with a service provider communication network; and
executing a visual IVR application that visually interacts with a user of the portable communication device upon authentication of the account by the service provider communication network,wherein the redirected call is forwarded via a communication network to an alternate audio IVR system when the authentication of the account fails.
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Abstract
A method enables a portable communication device to redirect a call initiated from the portable communication device and to execute a visual interactive voice response application for interfacing with a user. The method includes screening calls initiated from the portable communication device by a communication application resident on the portable communication device, and redirecting a call initiated from the portable communication device when the screening determines that the call matches predetermined criteria. The method also includes authenticating an account corresponding to the portable communication device that initiated the call by communicating with a service provider communication network, and executing a visual interactive voice response application that visually interacts with the user of the portable communication device upon authentication of the account by the service provider communication network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for redirecting a call initiated from a portable communication device, the method comprising:
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screening the call initiated from the portable communication device by a communication application resident in the portable communication device; automatically redirecting, by the portable communication device, the call from normal call processing, when the screening determines that the call matches predetermined criteria; authenticating an account corresponding to the portable communication device that initiated the redirected call by communicating with a service provider communication network; and executing a visual IVR application that visually interacts with a user of the portable communication device upon authentication of the account by the service provider communication network, wherein the redirected call is forwarded via a communication network to an alternate audio IVR system when the authentication of the account fails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with an executable computer program for redirecting a call initiated from a portable communication device, and when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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screening the call initiated from the portable communication device by a communication application resident on the portable communication device; automatically redirecting, by the portable communication device, the call when the screening determines that the call matches predetermined criteria; authenticating an account corresponding to the portable communication device that initiated the redirected call by communicating with a service provider communication network; and executing a visual IVR application that visually interacts with a user of the portable communication device upon authentication of the account by the service provider communication network, wherein the redirected call is forwarded via a communication network to an alternate audio IVR system when the authentication of the account fails. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A portable communication device, comprising:
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a memory that stores programs and data used by the portable communication device; a display that displays information to a user of the portable communication device; and a processor that performs operations, including screening a call initiated from the portable communication device by a communication application resident in the portable communication device, automatically redirecting a call initiated from the portable communication device when the screening determines that the call matches predetermined criteria, authenticating an account corresponding to the portable communication device that initiated the redirected call by communicating with a service provider communication network; and executing a visual IVR application that visually interacts with the user of the portable communication device upon authentication of the account by the service provider communication network, wherein the redirected call is forwarded via a communication network to an alternate audio IVR system when the authentication of the account fails. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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