System and Method for Using Voice Over a Telephone to Access, Process, and Carry Out Transactions Over the Internet
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1. A method for executing a transaction related to an item or a service using a telephone, the method comprising:
- configuring a hardware-implemented voice portal to provide a telephonic user interface to a telephone user;
storing user demographic information in one or more database;
receiving instructions from a user in the voice portal, said instruction providing information identifying the item or the service and providing a query as to a transaction to be performed, the transaction being related to the identified item or service;
configuring said hardware-implemented voice portal to provide to a server system a request to execute the transaction related to the identified item or service in response to a user answer;
configuring said hardware-implemented voice portal with an advertising submodule configured to selectively provide the user interface with advertisements targeted to particular users based on information about the user, wherein the advertising submodule is configured for setting advertisement selection criteria based on user demographics;
whereby the transaction is executed without the user performing a single action on a computer interface.
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Abstract
A method for executing a transaction related to an item or a service using a telephone includes providing information identifying the item or the service, providing a query as to a transaction to be performed in which the transaction is related to the identified item or service, and sending to a server system a request to execute the transaction related to the identified item or service in response to a user answer. The transaction is executed without the user performing a single action on a computer interface.
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1. A method for executing a transaction related to an item or a service using a telephone, the method comprising:
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configuring a hardware-implemented voice portal to provide a telephonic user interface to a telephone user; storing user demographic information in one or more database; receiving instructions from a user in the voice portal, said instruction providing information identifying the item or the service and providing a query as to a transaction to be performed, the transaction being related to the identified item or service; configuring said hardware-implemented voice portal to provide to a server system a request to execute the transaction related to the identified item or service in response to a user answer; configuring said hardware-implemented voice portal with an advertising submodule configured to selectively provide the user interface with advertisements targeted to particular users based on information about the user, wherein the advertising submodule is configured for setting advertisement selection criteria based on user demographics; whereby the transaction is executed without the user performing a single action on a computer interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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