Delivery of profile-based third party content associated with an incoming communication
First Claim
1. A method for sending content associated with a communication to a receiving party of the communication, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving content preferences of the receiving party;
receiving a communication attempt to be sent to the receiving party;
determining the content preferences for the receiving party;
constructing a content message including the content according to the content preferences; and
sending the content message to the receiving party.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and method for supplying third party information to a receiving party having a device coupled to the Internet. One embodiment of the present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for providing content to the recipient of an incoming phone call as a data message displayed to the receiving party. In return, the receiving party and/or calling party receive consideration from a content provider. Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for the recipient of the content to dictate the nature of the content that they will receive in their content messages by establishing a profile of information that indicates to the content provider the type of information that they prefer to receive.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for sending content associated with a communication to a receiving party of the communication, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving content preferences of the receiving party;
receiving a communication attempt to be sent to the receiving party;
determining the content preferences for the receiving party;
constructing a content message including the content according to the content preferences; and
sending the content message to the receiving party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing consideration to a party in exchange for acceptance of content associated with a communication to a receiving party, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving content preferences of the receiving party;
receiving a communication attempt to be sent to the receiving party;
determining the content preferences for the receiving party;
constructing a content message including content according to the content preferences;
sending the content message to the receiving party; and
providing consideration to a party. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a means for receiving a phone call;
a means for receiving a content message associated with an incoming phone call with the content defined according to pre-defined content preferences as defined by the operator of the apparatus; and
a means for displaying the content message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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