System and Method for Delivering Targeted Promotional Announcements Over a Communications Network
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1. A method for delivering targeted promotional announcements comprising:
- associating a financial card account with a subscriber;
receiving an instruction to connect a call from the subscriber to a called party, wherein the call is made from a mobile device associated with the subscriber;
selecting a promotional announcement from a plurality of promotional announcements based on information derived from the financial card account;
delivering the promotional announcement to the subscriber; and
connecting the subscriber to the called party.
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Abstract
A method for delivering targeted promotional announcements comprising: associating a financial card account with a subscriber; receiving an instruction to connect a call from the subscriber to a called party; selecting a promotional announcement from a plurality of promotional announcements based on information derived from the financial card account; delivering the promotional announcement to the subscriber; and connecting the subscriber to the called party.
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1. A method for delivering targeted promotional announcements comprising:
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associating a financial card account with a subscriber; receiving an instruction to connect a call from the subscriber to a called party, wherein the call is made from a mobile device associated with the subscriber; selecting a promotional announcement from a plurality of promotional announcements based on information derived from the financial card account; delivering the promotional announcement to the subscriber; and connecting the subscriber to the called party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing incoming calls comprising:
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receiving an authorization to deliver a promotional announcement in connection with incoming calls directed to a subscriber; receiving an instruction to connect a call to the subscriber from a non-subscriber, wherein the call is directed to a mobile device associated with the subscriber; selecting a promotional announcement from a plurality of promotional announcements; delivering the promotional announcement to the non-subscriber; and connecting the non-subscriber to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A system for delivering promotional announcements comprising:
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a store value card account associated with a calling party; a calling account associated with the calling party; a mobile device associated with the calling account; a consumer profile database for retrievably storing a subscriber profile, wherein the subscriber profile includes information derived from the financial card account; an ad database for retrievably storing a plurality of promotional announcements; a switch in communication with the mobile device, the consumer profile database and the ad database; a server configured to select a promotional announcement among the plurality of promotional announcements based on information in the consumer profile database and to deliver the promotional announcement to the calling party via the switch; and wherein the switch is configured to receive a call made from the mobile device, deliver the promotional announcement to the mobile device, and connect the calling party to a called party. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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