Method and system for automatically sending, receiving and utilizing information transmitted over a communication network

• US 20040151296A1
• Filed: 12/18/2003
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oliver Wendel Gamble
• Original Assignee: Oliver Wendel Gamble
• Inventors: Gamble, Oliver Wendel
• Granted Patent: US 7,027,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/218.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service

Abstract

An apparatus for automatically sending, capturing, and utilizing requested information transmitted over a communication network. The utilization may take the form of saving and dialing a requested phone number, or the electronic storing and making known text information. The apparatus removes the need for manual interacting in the employment of its automated capabilities. The apparatus can communicates over the communication network with a provider of the information, instructing the provider to send the requested information (Phone Number or Text Information) in a recognizable electronic format. The apparatus will discern the nature of the retrieve information and act accordingly. If the information is a requested phone number, it will make known the phone number before dialing it. If the information is text information (i.e. address), it will make known the address to the recipient.

Claims

1. A method for Pitching (making known information, or hand free dialing of a phone number obtained from a source over a communication network), comprising:

determining if information is being transmitted over a communication network;

collecting the signals that correspond to the transmitted information;

determining if the received information contains a phone number, text information, or both;

making transmitted information known to the recipient;

automatically dialing the digits of the transmitted phone number.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

telling the sender that the receiving telephonic device can handle information transmitted in a non-verbal format (DTMF tones).

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

the recipient telephonic device signals the sender that it is able to handle information transmitted in a non-verbal format (DTMF tones).

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

making known the information transmitted to the recipient telephonic device in either a visual or audio form.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sender electronically transmits a phone number/information to the recipient over communication network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver of the information transmitted over a communication network can be either a wired or wireless telephonic device.

7. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

detecting the signal from the information sender indicating its ability to send the requested information in an electronic signal format (DTMF tones).

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a signal that indicates the start of the information being transmitted by the sender.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the signal that indicates the end of the information being transmitted by the sender.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the start of the transmitted information to the recipient is accomplished by detecting a predetermined number of electronic signals (DTMF tones) that meet a predetermine sequence.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the end of the transmitted information to the recipient is accomplished by detecting a predetermined number of electronic signals (DTMF tones) that meet a predetermine sequence.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the recipient ability to handle information/phone number transmitted in a non-verbal format is accomplished by detecting a predetermined number of DTMF tones arranged in a predetermine sequence that constitute a positive indicator for this ability.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recipient request that the information be send back to it in a non-verbal format is accomplished by the recipient detecting a predetermined electronic signal specific to this type of request.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication between the sender and receiver of transmitted information accomplished by the detection of a predetermined number of DTMF tones in a specific arrangement constituting indicator flags, and DTMF tones in non-specific sequence constituting information.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

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telling the sender that the receiving telephonic device can handle information transmitted in a non-verbal format (DTMF tones).

16. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

the recipient telephonic device signals the sender that it is able to handle information transmitted in a non-verbal format (DTMF tones).

17. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

making known the information transmitted to the recipient telephonic device in either a visual or audio form.

18. A method for signaling for a specific type of directory assistance from a plurality directory assistance centers located on a communication network, comprising:

signaling from the a caller telephonic device indicating that the call should be routed to a specific type of assistance center,

routing the incoming call to a center that is designed to handle specific types of call,

recognition of the incoming call call; and

responding to the request of the incoming call with information;

forwarding the requested information to the caller telephonic device.

19. The method according to claim 19, wherein the recipient signal with a DTMF-tone that is detectable by the communication network, and can be used to route the incoming call to a specific site/node on the communication network.

20. Computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium, the code for signaling the sender of information, capturing sent information, making know the content of the sent information, and dialing a plurality of phone numbers contain in the sent information, comprising:

code for determining whether a phone number or text information is incoming over the communication network;

code for collecting the incoming information from the sender;

code for determining what the transmitted information is;

code for revealing the collected information to the recipient;

code for automatically dialing the collected telephone number.