Systems and methods for providing alternative payment communications systems
First Claim
1. A system for providing an alternative payment scheme for telecommunications services comprising:
- a user communications device capable of playing an electronic content clip;
a communications network for transferring electronic content to the user communications device; and
an electronic content server that stores electronic content clips and provides electronic content clips to the user communications device such that an electronic content clip must be reviewed by a user prior to the user completing an electronic communication with the user communications device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing an alternative payment scheme for telecommunications services. The systems and methods according to preferred embodiments of the present invention may include a user communications device capable of playing an electronic content clip; a communications network for transferring electronic content to and from the user communications device; and an electronic content server that stores electronic content clips and provides electronic content clips to the user communications device such that an electronic content clip must be reviewed by a user prior to the user completing an electronic communication with the user communications device.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for providing an alternative payment scheme for telecommunications services comprising:
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a user communications device capable of playing an electronic content clip;
a communications network for transferring electronic content to the user communications device; and
an electronic content server that stores electronic content clips and provides electronic content clips to the user communications device such that an electronic content clip must be reviewed by a user prior to the user completing an electronic communication with the user communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing an alternative payment scheme for telecommunications services comprising:
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providing one or more surveys to a user;
creating a user profile based upon the information obtained from the surveys;
selecting an electronic content clips based upon information obtained from the user surveys;
transferring the selected electronic content clip from an electronic content server to a user communications device capable of playing the electronic content clip via a communications network;
requiring the user to review the electronic content clip prior to the user being allowed to complete an electronic communication; and
completing the electronic communication after the user has reviewed the electronic content clip. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing an alternative payment scheme for telecommunications services comprising:
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means for providing one or more surveys to a user;
means for creating a user profile based upon the information obtained from the survey;
means for selecting electronic content clips based upon information obtained from the survey;
means for transferring the selected electronic content clips from an electronic content server to a user communications device capable of playing the electronic content clips; and
means for completing an electronic communication after the user has reviewed at least one electronic content clip. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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