Service interfacing for telephony
First Claim
1. A method comprising during a telephone call between a user'"'"'s telephone and an interactive response system, enabling a user to use only his voice and key presses on a numeric keypad of the telephone to interactively specify information that can be used to control delivery of content to a visual display of, or a storage medium accessible by, a target telephone.
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Abstract
During a telephone call between a telephone user and an interactive response system, the user is enabled to use only his voice and key presses on a numeric keypad of his telephone to interactively specify information that can be used to control delivery of content to a visual display of, or a storage medium accessible by, a target telephone which may be a land-line phone, a mobile phone, or some other device acting as a telecommunications device. The target telephone has a visual display or a memory to display or store the delivered content, which may include ringtones, text messages, games, wallpapers, ring-back tones, video clips, web pages, applications, or links to information. The user is enabled to engage in an interaction with the response system that is representative of an interaction between the user and a server connected to the Internet. On behalf of the user, a separate interaction is conducted with the server through the Internet based on the representative interaction. Information is received that can be used to identify the user and the target device. Based on the received information, user authentication information is transmitted to the user, the authentication information is received from the user, and the user is allowed to access a service.
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45 Claims
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1. A method comprising
during a telephone call between a user'"'"'s telephone and an interactive response system, enabling a user to use only his voice and key presses on a numeric keypad of the telephone to interactively specify information that can be used to control delivery of content to a visual display of, or a storage medium accessible by, a target telephone.
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17. A method comprising
during a telephone call between a user'"'"'s mobile phone and an interactive voice response system, enabling a user to use only his voice and numeric key presses on a keypad of the mobile phone to interactively specify information that can be used to control delivery of digital content from a content supplier to a visual display of, or a storage medium accessible by, the user'"'"'s mobile phone.
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19. An apparatus comprising
an interactive response system configured to interact with a user'"'"'s telephone during a telephone call to receive, in the form of only the user'"'"'s voice and touch tones, information about delivery of content to a target telephone, and to interact separately with a service provider to cause the content to be delivered to a visual display of, or a storage medium accessible by, the target telephone.
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34. A method comprising
during a telephone call between a user'"'"'s telephone and an interactive response system, enabling a user to engage in an interaction with the response system that is representative of an interaction between the user and a server connected to the Internet, and, on behalf of the user, conducting a separate interaction with the server through the Internet based on the representative interaction.
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42. A method comprising
during a telephone call between a user'"'"'s telephone and an interactive response system, enabling a user to use only his voice and key presses on a numeric keypad of the telephone to interactively specify information that can be used to control a content delivery transaction, automatically obtaining information during the telephone call that identifies the user, and using the information specified by the user and the information identifying the user to facilitate the transaction.
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45. A method comprising
during a telephone call between a user'"'"'s telephone and an interactive response system, receiving information that can be used to identify the user, based on the received information, transmitting user authentication information to the user, receiving from the user the authentication information, and allowing the user to access a service.
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