TELEPHONY SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system for delivering promotional messages to subscribed calling parties, comprising:
- an association processor for comparing preset targeting criteria of each promotional message with profile data of each subscribed calling party to obtain data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party;
a message queue having a plurality of electronic queues, each of said electronic queues assigned to at least one subscribed calling party and storing the data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party; and
, a call processor for accessing an electronic queue assigned to a calling party and delivering to at least the calling party a promotional message according to the data contained in the accessed electronic queue.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system is for delivering promotional messages to subscribed calling parties. In one configuration, the system includes an association processor for comparing preset targeting criteria of each promotional message with profile data of each subscribed calling party to obtain data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party. In addition, a message queue having a plurality of electronic queues is provided, each of the electronic queues assigned to at least one subscribed calling party and storing the data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party. A call processor operates off-line of the association processor and accesses an electronic queue assigned to a calling party and delivers to the calling party a promotional message according the data contained in the accessed electronic queue. In a preferred configuration, multiple queue types are provided having differing targeting precisions.
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59 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system for delivering promotional messages to subscribed calling parties, comprising:
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an association processor for comparing preset targeting criteria of each promotional message with profile data of each subscribed calling party to obtain data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party;
a message queue having a plurality of electronic queues, each of said electronic queues assigned to at least one subscribed calling party and storing the data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party; and
,a call processor for accessing an electronic queue assigned to a calling party and delivering to at least the calling party a promotional message according to the data contained in the accessed electronic queue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications system for delivering promotional messages to calling parties, comprising:
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a plurality of electronic queues which are respectively identifiable by unique queue identification numbers corresponding to unique calling party personal identification numbers, each of said electronic queues for storing data indicative of at least one promotional message; and
,an interface unit which receives a personal identification number from a calling party and retrieves and outputs to the calling party a promotional message indicated by the data contained in a one of said plurality of electronic queues indicated by queue identification number corresponding to the received personal identification number. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A telecommunications system for delivering promotional messages to calling parties, comprising:
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a local message bank having a plurality of electronic queues for storing data indicative of promotional messages therein and identifiable by queue identification numbers, each of the queue identification numbers corresponding at least one of calling party personal identification numbers and calling parting origination numbers, said plurality of electronic queues including multiple types of queues having differing message targeting precision levels;
an interface unit which receives at least one of a personal identification number and an origination number from a calling party and retrieves and outputs to the calling party a promotional message indicated by the data contained in a one of said plurality of electronic queues having a highest targeting precision level as identified by queue identification number corresponding to the received at least one of the personal identification number and the origination number. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A telecommunications system for delivering promotional messages to calling and called parties, comprising:
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a local message bank having a plurality of electronic queues for storing data indicative of promotional messages therein and identifiable by queue identification numbers, at least some of said queue identification numbers corresponding to respective calling party personal identification numbers;
an interface unit which receives a personal identification number from a calling party and retrieves and outputs to the calling party a promotional message indicated by the data contained in a one of said plurality of electronic queues identified by the queue identification number corresponding to the received personal identification number; and
a control facility for associating the promotional messages with subscribed calling parties off-line from the local message bank, and for downloading data indicative of the associations to the local message bank for storage of corresponding data in designated ones of said electronic queues. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for delivering promotional messages to subscribed calling parties, comprising:
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comparing preset targeting criteria of each promotional message with profile data of each subscribed calling party to obtain data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party;
storing the data associating each of the promotional messages with at least one subscribed calling party in a message queue having a plurality of electronic queues, each of said electronic queues assigned to at least one subscribed calling party; and
,accessing an electronic queue assigned to a calling party and delivering to the calling party a promotional message according to the data contained in the accessed electronic queue.
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42. A method for delivering promotional messages to calling and called parties in a telecommunications system, comprising:
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storing data indicative of promotional messages in a plurality of electronic queues which are addressed by queue identification numbers, each of the queue identification numbers corresponding to at least on calling party identification numbers;
processing a call by receiving an identification number of a calling party and retrieving and outputting to the calling party a promotional message indicated by the data contained in a one of said plurality of electronic queues identified by the queue identification number corresponding to the received identification number; and
assembling and downloading the data indicative of promotional messages for storage in designated ones of said electronic queues;
wherein said assembling and downloading of the promotional message are carried out off-line of said processing of the call. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for delivering promotional messages to calling parties in a telecommunications system, comprising:
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assembling and storing message data modules at a control module, each of said message data modules including at least data indicative of a promotional message, at least one queue identification number associated with the promotional message, and delivery parameters associated with the promotional message;
downloading the message data modules to a distribution module;
transferring from the distribution module at least the data indicative of the promotional message of each message data module to at least one of plural electronic queues addressed by the at least one queue identification number associated with the promotional message; and
processing a call by receiving an identification number from a calling party and retrieving and outputting to the calling party a promotional message indicated by the data contained in a one of said plural electronic queues identified by a queue identification number corresponding to the received identification number. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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