Integrated audiotext-internet personal ad services

• US 20040260792A1
• Filed: 02/20/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Netdate of Texas LLC (Netdate)
• Original Assignee: Netdate of Texas LLC (Netdate)
• Inventors: Speicher, Gregory J.
• Application Number:
  US10/783,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20040260792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering personal ad services which substantially eliminate or reduce the disadvantages and problems associated with prior systems that deliver such personal ad services. In the use of such services, the need is recognized for improved capability regarding the features available to Internet users, and the integration of audiotex personal ad services and Internet personal ad services. With the present invention, a personal ad published in a newspaper includes graphical icons which denote if an ad has additional text or multimedia files (a photograph or a video clip) available on the Internet. With respect to personal ad services, the present invention provides the needed improved capability regarding the features available to Internet users, and the integration of audiotex personal ad services and Internet personal ad services.

Claims

1. A method for storing an audio file and listening to said audio file via the Internet, said method comprising:

a means for storing an audio file in digital memory;

a means for transferring said audio file to an Internet access node;

a means for controling said transfer;

wherein said means for transferring said audio file formats said audio message for output into humanly perceivable form.

2. An apparatus for storing audio files and transferring said audio files to the Internet comprising:

a digital information storage device;

a transfer means;

an Internet access node;

wherein said digital information storage device stores phonemes indicative of audio and wherein said transfer means formats said digital information for output in humanly perceivable form via said Internet access node.