TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, A METHOD OF DELIVERING CONTENT TO A CALLING PARTY AND A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION TO A CALLING PARTY
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1. A telephone communications system, comprising:
- a master subsystem configured to store ringback information including content and application rules for said ringback information; and
a trunk interface subsystem coupled to said master subsystem and configured to perform call processing and apply at least a portion of said ringback information to at least one call-in-progress over any one of a group of telecommunications lines according to said application rules.
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Abstract
A telephone communications system, a method of delivering content to a calling party and a method of distributing information to a calling party. In one embodiment, the telephone communications system includes: (1) a master subsystem configured to store ringback information including content and application rules for the ringback information and (2) a trunk interface subsystem coupled to the master subsystem and configured to perform call processing and apply at least a portion of the ringback information to at least one call-in-progress according to the application rules.
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25 Claims
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1. A telephone communications system, comprising:
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a master subsystem configured to store ringback information including content and application rules for said ringback information; and a trunk interface subsystem coupled to said master subsystem and configured to perform call processing and apply at least a portion of said ringback information to at least one call-in-progress over any one of a group of telecommunications lines according to said application rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of delivering content to a calling party, comprising:
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receiving an incoming telephone call on a trunk line from a calling party; retrieving application rules associated with said trunk line; applying content, based on said application rules, to a calling path established with said calling party. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of distributing information to a calling party, comprising:
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delivering ringback content to a calling party while a call is in-progress; receiving input from said calling party based on said ringback content; and distributing information to said calling party based on said input. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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