Public telephone name server network
First Claim
1. A method for completing a telephone communication comprising dialing the telephone number of a telephone routing service provider having a database of telephone addresses coded by nicknames, trade-mark or trade name and a router for routing of the calling communication, entering a nickname, trade-mark or trade name of a party to be communicated with, said service provider identifying a telephone address using the entered nickname, trade-mark or trade name;
- and said service provider using said identified telephone address to route the calling party to the identified telephone address to complete the telephone communication.
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Abstract
A system and method for routing of telephone calls allows for convenient connection to a party where the telephone address is not known. A database is coded by keywords such as common nickname, trade-mark, or trade name. The system is available to all, and as such, becomes a valuable resource. Problems associated with telephone address recollection are avoided and the advertising message can concentrate on the corporate entity. In this way, contact information is more readily available and can be accessed in different manners using the telephone keypad to query the database.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for completing a telephone communication comprising dialing the telephone number of a telephone routing service provider having a database of telephone addresses coded by nicknames, trade-mark or trade name and a router for routing of the calling communication, entering a nickname, trade-mark or trade name of a party to be communicated with,
said service provider identifying a telephone address using the entered nickname, trade-mark or trade name; - and
said service provider using said identified telephone address to route the calling party to the identified telephone address to complete the telephone communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A system for completing telephone communications directed to an end party identified by a phone name which is not a telephone number comprising a series of phone name servers were each phone name servers is associated with a series of telephone switches of a telephone system, each phone name server receiving telephone communications originating by dialing a telephone number, each server upon receiving a telephone communication requiring the originating party to enter a phone name, address of a party to be communicated with and using said phone name to search a database of said phone name to search a database of said phone name server and identifying a telephone address associated with said phone name, said server, then communicating with said associated switch causing said switch to route the calling communication to the identified telephone address associated with the particular phone name.
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