METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A TELEPHONE CONNECTION
First Claim
1. Method for establishing a telephone connection between a caller and a party to-be-called via a service provider in which the caller establishes an internet connection to the service provider with the aid of a data processing unit and transmits information identifying both the caller and the party to-be-called to the service provider via the internet connection and, the service provider then makes available a transmission path for the phone connection, characterized by the service provider analyzing at least one of the caller or the party to-be-called identifying information according to a preset criterion and transmits selected information that depends on the result of the analysis via the internet connection and/or the transmission path to at least one of the two parties.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for establishing a telephone connection between a caller and a party to be called via a service provider. According to said method, the caller establishes an Internet connection to the service provider with the aid of a data processing unit and transmits information identifying both the caller and the party to be called to the service provider via the Internet connection. In response, the service provider makes available a transmission path for the telephone connection, by analysing at least the information identifying either the caller or the party to be called in accordance with a predefined criterion and by transmitting selected information, depending on the analysis result, to at least one of the parties via the Internet connection and/or the transmission path.
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- 1. Method for establishing a telephone connection between a caller and a party to-be-called via a service provider in which the caller establishes an internet connection to the service provider with the aid of a data processing unit and transmits information identifying both the caller and the party to-be-called to the service provider via the internet connection and, the service provider then makes available a transmission path for the phone connection, characterized by the service provider analyzing at least one of the caller or the party to-be-called identifying information according to a preset criterion and transmits selected information that depends on the result of the analysis via the internet connection and/or the transmission path to at least one of the two parties.
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