Method and a system for delivering messages to calling parties

• US 20090207983A1
• Filed: 02/15/2008
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dialware Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Dialware Incorporated
• Inventors: Nour-Omid, Bahram
• Application Number:
  US12/071,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20090207983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.230
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages

Abstract

A method for delivering a message to a calling party. The method comprises receiving a destination number of a destination party via a network. The destination number is dialed by a calling party. The method further comprises identifying data that characterizes the destination party, selecting one or more messages from a plurality of messages according to the identified data, and delivering the at least one message to the calling party.

Claims

1. A method for delivering a message to a calling party, comprising:

(a) receiving a destination number of a destination party via a network, the destination number being dialed by a calling party;

(b) identifying data characterizing the destination party;

(c) selecting at least one message from a plurality of messages according to the identified data; and

(d) delivering the at least one message to the calling party.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein (c) is performed by a third party other than the destination and calling parties.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each one of the plurality of messages comprises at least one advertisement.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises information obtained based on a member selected from a group consisting of the destination number and previously obtained related data thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying comprises searching at least one information store according to a member selected from a group consisting of the destination number and previously obtained related data thereof.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one information store comprises a member selected from a group consisting of:

a phone directory, a business directory, social networks, business networks, a database, a data network, a computer folder, a computer document and the Internet.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein (b) and (c) are performed irrespective of (a).

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the searching is carried out by a member selected from a group consisting of:

the third party and a party affiliated with the third party.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises information obtained based on data related to parties that called the destination party.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising (c1) associating the data with the destination number and storing the associated data before (c).

11. The method of claim 10, wherein (b), (c), and (c1) are performed irrespective of (a).

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying comprises:

matching between the content of the plurality of messages and the data; and

selecting the at least one message from the plurality of messages according to the matching.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the matching comprises finding at least one word in the plurality of messages that has at least one of a similar, an analogous or a synonym meaning as at least one word in the data.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting further comprises selecting according to a member selected from a group consisting of a geographical locality of the calling party and a message already delivered to the calling party.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one message comprises a member selected from a group consisting of:

a text segment, a graphic, an image, an audio file, and a video file.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one message comprises an audio sequence comprising a member selected from a group consisting of a recorded sound, a synthesized sound, and a machine reading voice.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one message comprises a media file, the delivering comprises playing the media file during a pause in a telephonic connection between the calling party and the destination party.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivering comprises sending the at least one message in a member selected from a group consisting of:

a short message service (SMS), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), a phone call, an email and a mail service.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving a paging call from the calling party.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising benefiting the calling party from (d).

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the consent of the calling party for receiving the at least one message before the delivering.

22. A method for delivering an advertisement to calling party, comprising:

(a) receiving a destination number of a destination party from a calling party;

(b) selecting an advertisement according to data related to the destination number; and

(c) delivering the advertisement to the calling party.

23. A system for delivering a message to calling party, comprising:

a database having a plurality of destination numbers, each one of the plurality of destination numbers being associated with a destination party and charactering data related to the destination party;

a receiving unit configured for receiving one of the plurality of destination numbers, the received destination number being dialed by a calling party;

a messaging unit configured for selecting at least one message from a plurality of messages by matching between respective charactering data associated with the received destination number in the database and the plurality of messages; and

a delivering unit configured for delivering the at least one selected message to the calling party.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the delivering unit is configured for using a telephone service for sending the at least one selected message to the calling party.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein each one of the plurality of messages comprises an advertisement.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the messaging unit is configured for selecting the at least one message from an advertisement service providing an access to the plurality of messages.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein each said characterizing data is updated from at least one information store hosting information about a respective the associated destination party.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the at least one information store comprises a member selected from a group consisting of:

a phone directory, a business directory, social networks, business networks, a database, a data network, a computer folder, a computer document and the Internet.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein at least some of the plurality of messages comprises a member selected from a group consisting of:

a text segment, a graphic, an image, an audio file, and a video file.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein the delivering unit is configured for delivering the selected message in a member selected from a group consisting of a short message service (SMS), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), a phone call, a paging call, an email and a mail.