Web-type audio information system using phone communication lines (audio Net pages)
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1. A web-type audio information system, using phone communication lines (PCL), comprising:
- a computer based host accessible to phones for telephony communication through a public PCL connection independently of ISP'"'"'s;
the host supporting multiple indexed stored audio information segments (SAIS) available for playback to multiple callers;
content of the segments substantially selected and supplied by multiple independent subscribers, wherein the segments contain information related to at least one of consumer items for sale, general public interest content, entity information, and educational content; and
a host supported interactive directory system (IDS), the directory system providing for connecting a caller phone through a PCL connection with an audio segment stored by a subscriber, in accordance with segment identification supplied over said phone line connection, for at least audio segment playback to the caller phone, the caller phone unrelated to the subscriber.
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Abstract
A web-type audio information system using phone communication lines including a computer based host accessible to phones, supporting multiple indexed stored audio information segments, wherein the content of the segments are substantially selected and supplied by multiple independent subscribers, and the host supports an interactive directory system providing for connecting a phone line with an audio segment in accordance with supplied segment identification.
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33 Claims
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1. A web-type audio information system, using phone communication lines (PCL), comprising:
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a computer based host accessible to phones for telephony communication through a public PCL connection independently of ISP'"'"'s; the host supporting multiple indexed stored audio information segments (SAIS) available for playback to multiple callers; content of the segments substantially selected and supplied by multiple independent subscribers, wherein the segments contain information related to at least one of consumer items for sale, general public interest content, entity information, and educational content; and a host supported interactive directory system (IDS), the directory system providing for connecting a caller phone through a PCL connection with an audio segment stored by a subscriber, in accordance with segment identification supplied over said phone line connection, for at least audio segment playback to the caller phone, the caller phone unrelated to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing a web-type audio information system comprising:
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providing a computer based host accessible to phones through a public telephony PCL connection independently of ISP'"'"'s; supporting multiple indexed stored audio information segments on said host available for playback to multiple callers, wherein segment content is substantially selected and supplied by multiple independent subscribers, the segments containing information related to at least one of consumer items for sale, general public interest content, entity information, and educational content; and supporting an interactive directory system, the directory system providing for connecting a caller phone through a PCL connection with an audio segment stored by a subscriber in accordance with segment identification supplied over said phone line connection, for at least audio segment playback to the caller phone, the caller phone unrelated to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for managing, by a host computer, web-type audio content as supplied by multiple independent subscribers, comprising:
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providing a computer based host accessible to phones by public telephony PCL connection independently of ISP'"'"'s; enabling subscribers to supply audio content for stored segments via said PCL connection, wherein the segments contain information related to at least one of consumer items for sale, general public interest content, entity information, and educational content; indexing the stored segments; and connecting a caller phone to a segment in accordance with caller supplied segment identification. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for managing, by a host computer, web-type audio content supplied by multiple independent subscribers, comprising:
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a computer based host accessible by phone through a public PCL connection independently of ISP'"'"'s; the host supporting navigable subscriber domains, wherein the domains contain stored audio content segments, the segments containing information related to at least one of consumer items for sale, general public interest content, entity information, and educational content; and the stored audio content segments supplied by phone via a telephony PCL connection by the subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for providing a two tiered conference call, comprising:
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linking by a computerized host at least two phones for interactive telephony communication over public phone communication lines independently of ISP'"'"'s; recording at least portions of the interactive communication by the computerized host; and playing the recording by the computerized host to an additional phone over phone communication lines wherein the additional phone has been pre-identified to the host.
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32. A method for providing rolling conference calls, comprising:
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linking by a computerized host at least two phones for interactive telephony communication over public phone communication lines independently of ISP'"'"'s; recording at least portions of the interactive communication by a computerized host; playing the recording to an additional phone by the host; and providing by the host for additional phones to apply to interactively communicate with one of said at least two persons.
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33. A method for providing a call blog, comprising;
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linking by a computerized host at least two phones for interactive communication over public phone communication lines independently of ISP'"'"'s; recording at least portions of the interactive telephony communication by the host; playing the recording to additional phones by the host; and providing by the host for additional phones to add to the telephony recording.
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