METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVDING COUPON INFORMATION VIA RING-BACK SIGNAL

• US 20120253898A1
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: BERUS, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US13/076,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20120253898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones

Abstract

An approach is provided for delivering one or more coupon and/or other information via a ring-back signal. One or more communication networks and/or one or more services platforms receive one or more requests for one or more coupon and/or other information and cause, at least in part, delivery of one or more coupon and/or other information via a ring-back signal on one or more communication channels.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more messages of one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof for presentation in at least one ring-back media file; and

determining to associate the at least one ring-back media file to at least one communication channel associated with (a) the one or more applications, (b) the one or more services, (c) at least one user of the one or more applications or the or more or services, or a combination thereof,

wherein a request to initiate a communication session over of the at least one communication channel causes, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one ring-back media file pending an establishment of the communication session.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing and/or facilitating a processing of the request to initiate the communication session to determine identification information, context information, or a combination thereof associated with a device or a user of the device,

wherein the one or more messages, the processing of the one or more messages, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on the identification information, the context information, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the one or more messages is performed prior to the request to initiate the communication session, or is triggered by the request to initiate the communication session.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the at least one ring-back media file is a recording of the one or more messages, an encoding of the one or more message, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more applications, the one or more services, or a combination thereof relate to providing coupon information, the method further comprising:

causing, at least in part, a dynamic generation of the coupon information for the communication session.

6. A method of claim 5, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, selection of one or more words from a predetermined set of words to represent the coupon information,

wherein the one or more messages include, at least in part, the one or more words.

7. A method of claim 5, wherein the coupon information is presented at a retailer, the method further comprising:

receiving a request to validate the coupon information; and

processing and/or facilitating a processing of the coupon information for validation, redemption, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more messages.

8. A method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining to store a record of the validation, the redemption, or a combination thereof; and

processing and/or facilitating a processing of the record to generate one or more subsequent messages related, at least in part, to the coupon information.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the at least one ring-back media file is a ring-back signal, and the at least one communication channel is a telephony network configured to support the ring-back signal.

10. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more ring-back media types supported by the at least one communication channel; and

causing, at least in part, generation of the at least one ring-back media file based, at least in part, on the one or more ring-back media types, wherein the one or more ring-back media types include, at least in part, an audio type, a video type, a text type, or a combination thereof.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more messages of one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof for presentation in at least one ring-back media file; and

determine to associate the at least one ring-back media file to at least one communication channel associated with (a) the one or more applications, (b) the one or more services, (c) at least one user of the one or more applications or the or more or services, or a combination thereof,

wherein a request to initiate a communication session over of the at least one communication channel causes, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one ring-back media file pending an establishment of the communication session.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

process and/or facilitate a processing of the request to initiate the communication session to determine identification information, context information, or a combination thereof associated with a device or a user of the device,

wherein the one or more messages, the processing of the one or more messages, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on the identification information, the context information, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processing of the one or more messages is performed prior to the request to initiate the communication session, or is triggered by the request to initiate the communication session.

14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one ring-back media file is a recording of the one or more messages, an encoding of the one or more message, or a combination thereof.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more applications, the one or more services, or a combination thereof relate to providing coupon information, the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a dynamic generation of the coupon information for the communication session.

16. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, selection of one or more words from a predetermined set of words to represent the coupon information,

wherein the one or more messages include, at least in part, the one or more words.

17. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the coupon information is presented at a retailer, the apparatus is further caused to:

receive a request to validate the coupon information; and

process and/or facilitate a processing of the coupon information for validation, redemption, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more messages.

18. An apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine to store a record of the validation, the redemption, or a combination thereof; and

process and/or facilitating a processing of the record to generate one or more subsequent messages related, at least in part, to the coupon information.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one ring-back media file is a ring-back signal, and the at least one communication channel is a telephony network configured to support the ring-back signal.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more ring-back media types supported by the at least one communication channel; and

cause, at least in part, generation of the at least one ring-back media file based, at least in part, on the one or more ring-back media types,

wherein the one or more ring-back media types include, at least in part, an audio type, a video type, a text type, or a combination thereof.

21-48. -48. (canceled)