COMMUNICATIONS WITH INTERPOSED COMMERCIAL MESSAGE
First Claim
1. A method of conducting telephone calls wherein a telephone call is initiated by a calling party and is directed to a receiving party, comprising the steps of:
- providing a telephone service which encompasses transmission of telephone calls using a telephone system and has subscribers which may use the telephone service to place and receive telephone calls;
providing a telephone management facility which is operable to recognize the subscribers to the telephone service, and to store recorded commercial messages;
identifying telephone calls which are associated with a subscriber to the telephone service;
transmitting a telephone call between the subscriber to the telephone service and a remote telephone user; and
inserting a recorded commercial message containing a commercial offer into the telephone call between the subscriber to the telephone service and the remote telephone user.
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Abstract
A method of operating a telephone system wherein commercial messages may be inserted into telephone calls. Telephone subscribers may be financially rewarded for participating in the system. The subscribers may switch between a mode wherein advertisements are inserted and a mode wherein advertisements are excluded from calls. The subscribers may respond to advertisements by using their telephones to connect with the advertiser. Telephone calls may be recorded at the discretion of the call participants and may be forwarded for posting on social networks. Advertisers may be given the opportunity to buy advertising time wherein their advertisements are inserted into telephone calls. Advertising time may be acquired by bidding or by fixed predetermined price purchasing.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of conducting telephone calls wherein a telephone call is initiated by a calling party and is directed to a receiving party, comprising the steps of:
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providing a telephone service which encompasses transmission of telephone calls using a telephone system and has subscribers which may use the telephone service to place and receive telephone calls; providing a telephone management facility which is operable to recognize the subscribers to the telephone service, and to store recorded commercial messages; identifying telephone calls which are associated with a subscriber to the telephone service; transmitting a telephone call between the subscriber to the telephone service and a remote telephone user; and inserting a recorded commercial message containing a commercial offer into the telephone call between the subscriber to the telephone service and the remote telephone user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of advertising based on inserting advertising content into telephone calls, comprising the steps of:
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operating a telephone service wherein commercial messages may be inserted into telephone calls; establishing an inventory of commercial messages from commercial advertisers; offering for charge to the commercial advertisers a service of inserting commercial messages into telephone calls serviced by the telephone service; recording at least one telephone call into a database; and posting the recorded telephone call to a social networking system from the database. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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