Method and Apparatus for Playing Audible Advertisements on a Communication Device
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1. A computer implemented method for playing audible advertisements on a communication device, the computer implemented method comprising:
- responsive to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, selecting an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with the caller; and
playing the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee.
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Abstract
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for playing audible advertisements on a communication device. In response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements is selected using criteria matching a user profile associated with the caller. The audible advertisement is played on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for playing audible advertisements on a communication device, the computer implemented method comprising:
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responsive to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, selecting an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with the caller; and playing the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium including computer usable program code for playing audible advertisements on a communication device, the computer program product comprising; computer usable program code for selecting an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with a caller in response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call; and computer usable program code for playing the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a bus system; a communications system connected to the bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code; and
a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to select an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with a caller in response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call; and
play the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee.
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