Telephone communication system and method, and server for providing advertisement information
First Claim
1. A telephone communication system for providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with the communication company, wherein the communication terminal includes means for transmitting user-related information and means for receiving the piece of advertisement information, and wherein the facility includes means for storing pieces of advertisement information, means for retrieving a particular piece of advertisement information from the storing means, means for receiving the user-related information from the communication terminal, and means for transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal.
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Abstract
A telephone communication method and system for retrieving and providing advertisement information that matches a communication terminal user'"'"'s preference as to advertisement information. The telephone communication method of the invention is a method of providing the communication terminal with one or more pieces of advertisement information via a telephone network. This method obtains a plurality of pieces of advertisement information from an advertiser terminal prior to provision of the advertisement information on one hand, and obtains user-related information from the user'"'"'s communication terminal as a retrieval condition for retrieval of the advertisement information on the other hand. The method then transmits to the communication terminal at least one piece of advertisement information retrieved from a plurality of pieces of advertisement information on the basis of the user-related information.
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18 Claims
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1. A telephone communication system for providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with the communication company,
wherein the communication terminal includes means for transmitting user-related information and means for receiving the piece of advertisement information, and wherein the facility includes means for storing pieces of advertisement information, means for retrieving a particular piece of advertisement information from the storing means, means for receiving the user-related information from the communication terminal, and means for transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal.
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12. A method of providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with the communication company when the communication terminal makes a request for connection to a second communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the connection request from the communication terminal;
receiving user-related information from the communication terminal;
retrieving a desired piece of advertisement information from advertisement information storage means designed to store pieces of advertisement information on the basis of the received user-related information;
transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal; and
connecting the communication terminal with the second communication terminal such that the communication terminal can communicate with the second communication terminal via the telephone network.
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13. A server, for use with a communication company adapted to connect a first communication terminal with a second communication terminal via a telephone network, for providing advertisement information, the server comprising:
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means for storing pieces of advertisement information;
means for obtaining user-related information from the first and/or second communication terminal;
means for retrieving at least one piece of advertisement information from the storing means;
means for transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the first and/or second communication terminal; and
means for connecting the first communication terminal with the second communication terminal via the telephone network.
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14. A telephone communication system for providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with by the communication company,
wherein the communication terminal includes means for receiving a list of advertisement information and a piece of advertisement information from the communication company, means for selecting a desired advertisement item from the list of advertisement information, and means for transmitting the selected item as selection information to the communication company, and wherein the facility of the communication company includes means for storing pieces of advertisement information, means for creating the list of advertisement information on the basis of the pieces of advertisement information stored in the storing means, means for retrieving a desired piece of advertisement information from the storing means, means for receiving the selection information from the communication terminal, and means for transmitting the piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal.
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17. A method of providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with by the communication company when the communication terminal makes a request for connection to a second communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the connection request from the communication terminal;
transmitting a list of advertisement information created from pieces of advertisement information to the communication terminal;
receiving as selection information at least one item among the list of advertisement information selected by the communication terminal;
retrieving a desired piece of advertisement information from advertisement information storage means designed to store pieces of advertisement information on the basis of the received selection information;
transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal; and
connecting the communication terminal with the second communication terminal such that the communication terminal can communicate with the second communication terminal via the telephone network.
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18. A server, for use with a communication company adapted to connect a first communication terminal with a second communication terminal via a telephone network, for providing advertisement information, the server comprising:
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means for storing pieces of advertisement information;
means for creating a list of advertisement information on the basis of the pieces of advertisement information stored in the storing means;
means for receiving as selection information at least one item among the list of advertisement information selected by the communication terminal;
means for retrieving at least one piece of advertisement information from the storing means on the basis of the selection information;
means for transmitting the retrieved at least one piece of advertisement information to the first and/or second communication terminal; and
means for connecting the first communication terminal with the second communication terminal via the telephone network.
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