Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services
First Claim
1. A method of a providing location-based service for service locations that are spatially associated with a party while the party is connected to a communication network, the method comprising:
- providing a first database that includes service entity spatial information for a plurality of service locations;
obtaining first party spatial information for a party that is connected to a communication network;
indexing the first database with the first party spatial information to identify one or more spatially near service locations while the first party is connected to the communication network; and
retrieving information related to at least one spatially near service location based on said indexing for transmission to the communication network.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically and seamlessly routing telephone calls across a telephone network. The system includes a telephone network interface box having a computer, a master file and client file stored in the computer. The master file is dynamically linked to the client file at routing time to produce a selected client location telephone number which is transmitted across the telephone network. In one embodiment, the system utilizes Automatic Number Identification to identify the calling party. The master file has a plurality of records having a telephone number and a spatial key and is updated frequently. The client file has a plurality of records having a spatial key and a client telephone number. Another embodiment utilizes a spatial coordinate of an instantaneous location of a caller'"'"'s mobile device as an input to a real-time process which identifies one or more client service locations corresponding to the location of the caller'"'"'s device.
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3 Claims
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1. A method of a providing location-based service for service locations that are spatially associated with a party while the party is connected to a communication network, the method comprising:
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providing a first database that includes service entity spatial information for a plurality of service locations;
obtaining first party spatial information for a party that is connected to a communication network;
indexing the first database with the first party spatial information to identify one or more spatially near service locations while the first party is connected to the communication network; and
retrieving information related to at least one spatially near service location based on said indexing for transmission to the communication network.
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2. A method of providing location-based service for service locations that are spatially associated with a location provided by a first party while the first party is connected to a communication network, the method comprising:
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providing a database that includes relatively precise service location spatial information for a plurality of service locations;
obtaining first party spatial information for a party that is connected to a communication network;
selecting one or more possible service locations from the database based on both relatively precise service location spatial information and on the first party spatial information while the first party is connected to the communication network; and
retrieving service location information related to at least one of the one or more possible service locations for transmission to the communication network.
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3. A method of a providing location-based service for service locations that are spatially associated with a party while the party is connected to a communication network, the method comprising:
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providing a database that includes service entity spatial information for a plurality of service locations;
obtaining first party spatial information for a party that is connected to a communication network;
indexing the database with the relatively precise first party spatial information so as to identify one or more spatially near service locations while the first party is connected to the communication network; and
retrieving information related to at least one spatially near service location based on said indexing for transmission to the communication network.
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