METHOD FOR CROSS-PROMOTING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
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1. A computer system that provides a communication service to customers, comprising:
- a fax server to receive inbound fax pages at a telephone number of a customer; and
a web server to indicate a credit when a number of said inbound fax pages have been received, wherein the credit enables the customer to make one or more fax transmissions, using the fax server, to send a number of outbound fax pages at a price that is less than a usual price for sending said number of outbound fax pages.
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Abstract
A method to promote use of one communication service by associating it with another service and offering incentives to use the first service in return for use of the second service. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer system that provides a communication service to customers, comprising:
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a fax server to receive inbound fax pages at a telephone number of a customer; and a web server to indicate a credit when a number of said inbound fax pages have been received, wherein the credit enables the customer to make one or more fax transmissions, using the fax server, to send a number of outbound fax pages at a price that is less than a usual price for sending said number of outbound fax pages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system that provides communication services to customers, comprising:
a data center to receive inbound messages according to a first communication service at a telephone number of a customer and to indicate a credit when the customer has used a predetermined amount of the first communication service, wherein the credit enables the customer to use the data center to send one or more outbound messages according to a second communication service at a price that is less than a usual price for sending the outbound messages. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system that provides communication services to customers, comprising:
a data center having a server network to perform a first communication service for a customer by transmitting electronic data between the customer and a participant, to determine whether the customer has used a predetermined amount of the first communication service, to transmit an offer to the customer, when the customer has used the predetermined amount of the first communication service, to perform a second, different communication service at a price that is less than a usual price of the second communication service, and to perform the second, different communication service for the customer pursuant to the offer when the customer accepts the offer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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