System and method for directing targeted advertisements in IP telecommunications
First Claim
1. A voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) targeted advertisement delivery method to subscribers, operable in a processor coupled to a memory, comprising steps of:
- monitoring all outgoing communications on a server in order to identify a VoIP telephony signal;
detecting during said monitoring a VoIP telephony signal indicating that a VoIP call setup for a VoIP call is in progress;
determining the telephone number of the caller;
determining from an internal database whether a number for the VoIP call dialed is not a government service number or an emergency call number;
querying the internal database and designating that the caller is a subscriber and candidate for a targeted advertisement delivery;
querying the internal database and determining which targeted advertisements are directed to said caller based on at least one of a number of target advertising criteria, retrieving and transmitting the targeted advertisement to the caller along with a ring back, tone during the call setup prior to a called party answering the VoIP call;
delivering the targeted advertisement during the ring back operation, while a VoIP feedback simulates ringing at the called party without impeding progress of any communication service operating the associated caller'"'"'s VoIP telephone or the VoIP call; and
competing volume for each of simulated ringing and targeted advertisement is adjusted when a system incorporating said delivery of the targeted advertisement during ring back operation is configured for the particular caller; and
stopping said advertisement and monitoring of the VoIP call once a second party has answered the telephone call.
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Abstract
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) targeted advertisement delivery method that is operable in a processor coupled to a memory. The method includes monitoring all outgoing communications on a server in order to identify a VoIP telephony signal. Upon detection of a VoIP telephony signal indicating that a VoIP call setup is in progress, the method determines whether a caller identifier associated with the VoIP telephony signal identifies an associated caller as a candidate for a targeted advertisement delivery. If the caller is a candidate for a targeted advertisement delivery, identifying and retrieving a targeted advertisement for presentation to the caller during the call setup.
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27 Claims
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1. A voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) targeted advertisement delivery method to subscribers, operable in a processor coupled to a memory, comprising steps of:
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monitoring all outgoing communications on a server in order to identify a VoIP telephony signal; detecting during said monitoring a VoIP telephony signal indicating that a VoIP call setup for a VoIP call is in progress; determining the telephone number of the caller; determining from an internal database whether a number for the VoIP call dialed is not a government service number or an emergency call number; querying the internal database and designating that the caller is a subscriber and candidate for a targeted advertisement delivery; querying the internal database and determining which targeted advertisements are directed to said caller based on at least one of a number of target advertising criteria, retrieving and transmitting the targeted advertisement to the caller along with a ring back, tone during the call setup prior to a called party answering the VoIP call; delivering the targeted advertisement during the ring back operation, while a VoIP feedback simulates ringing at the called party without impeding progress of any communication service operating the associated caller'"'"'s VoIP telephone or the VoIP call; and competing volume for each of simulated ringing and targeted advertisement is adjusted when a system incorporating said delivery of the targeted advertisement during ring back operation is configured for the particular caller; and stopping said advertisement and monitoring of the VoIP call once a second party has answered the telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic system for delivering targeted advertisements to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-enabled device, comprising:
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a memory including a list of caller-subscribers and a list of ad segments targeted to the caller subscribers in the list of caller-subscribers; a separate processor for monitoring all outgoing communications on the VoIP-enabled device to identify a VoIP telephony signal, for determining whether a caller associated with the identified VoIP telephony signal is a caller to a government service or an emergency number in which case the caller is a non-candidate for a targeted advertisement delivery, the call to the government service or the emergency number is ignored and a determination is made whether a caller associated with a next subsequent VoIP telephony signal qualifies as a non-candidate caller for a targeted advertisement delivery; wherein if the caller is not a caller to a government service or an emergency number that caller is a candidate caller for a targeted advertisement delivery, a targeted advertisement is identified and retrieved for presentation to the qualified candidate caller during call setup prior to the called party answering the candidate caller call and during simulated ringing at the called party without impeding progress of any communication service operating the qualified candidate caller'"'"'s VoIP enabled device or the actual call, where competing volume for each is adjusted when the system is configured for the particular caller. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product including a set of processor readable instructions that when executed by a processor executes a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) targeted advertisement delivery method, comprising the steps of:
- monitoring and processing all outgoing communications and respective packet data passing through communication sessions in order to identify a VoIP telephony signal and to determine which advertising data is to be presented to a caller associated with the VoIP telephony signal;
upon detection of a VoIP telephony signal indicating that a VoIP call setup is in progress, determining whether a caller identifier associated with the VoIP telephony signal and associated VoIP call identifies an associated caller as a non-candidate for a targeted advertisement delivery by determining whether the number dialed is a government service or an emergency number call and if the number dialed is to a government service or an emergency number, ignoring the associated call and moving to a next subsequent call;
if the next subsequent call is not a government service or an emergency number call, the caller is a candidate caller for the targeted advertisement delivery; and
identifying and retrieving a targeted advertisement for presentation to the candidate caller during the call setup prior to the called party answering the associated call while a simulated ringing sound is conducted during the advertisement, the relative volumes of the simulated ringing sound and advertisement being set when said set of processor readable instructions-for the candidate caller is set up. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
- monitoring and processing all outgoing communications and respective packet data passing through communication sessions in order to identify a VoIP telephony signal and to determine which advertising data is to be presented to a caller associated with the VoIP telephony signal;
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