System and method for establishing communications between a remote computer and a computer service provider using a telephonic switch
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a remote computer;
a computer service provider for providing computer services, the computer service provider including a plurality of computer servers; and
a telephonic switch of an automatic call distributor for receiving agent selection information from the remote computer and for connecting the remote computer to a selected computer server of the plurality of computer servers of the computer service provider through a local connection of the telephonic switch with the selected computer server based on the information.
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Abstract
A system 100 and method for interconnecting a remote computer 102 and a computer service provider 104 via a telephonic switch 122 is provided. The telephonic switch 122 connects the remote computer 102 to the computer service provider 104 based on information received from the remote computer 102. An adult material circuit 126 in the telephonic switch 122 detects a request from the remote computer 102 to prohibit access to adult material available on the computer service provider 104. The request may be contained in automatic number identification information or dialed number identification service information. The telephonic switch 122 further comprises a caller prompting circuit 132 which prompts the remote computer 102 for instructions regarding whether to deny access to adult material. An advertising circuit 136 in the telephonic switch 122 stores advertisements, selects one of the advertisements based on the information received from the remote computer 102 and displays the selected advertisements on the remote computer 102. The telephonic switch 122 further comprises an audio circuit 140 for establishing voice communications between a subscriber associated with the remote computer 102 and an agent telephonic unit 142 associated with the telephonic switch 122. While voice communications are established between the subscriber and the agent telephonic unit 142, a data link circuit 141 maintains a data connection between the telephonic switch 122 and the computer service provider 104 such that data communications are substantially automatically reestablished upon completion of the voice communications.
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25 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a remote computer; a computer service provider for providing computer services, the computer service provider including a plurality of computer servers; and a telephonic switch of an automatic call distributor for receiving agent selection information from the remote computer and for connecting the remote computer to a selected computer server of the plurality of computer servers of the computer service provider through a local connection of the telephonic switch with the selected computer server based on the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for interconnecting a remote computer and a computer service provider the computer service provider including a plurality of computer servers, the computer servers of the computer service provider being internally coupled, one-to-another using a wide area network and externally provided with a respective local connection to an automatic call distributor, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting by a telephonic switch of an automatic call distributor agent selection information received from the remote computer and connecting the remote computer to a selected computer server of the plurality of computer servers of the computer service provider by the telephonic switch through the respective local connection based on the information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A telephonic switch of an automatic call distributor for interconnecting a subscriber associated with a remote computer and a selected computer server of a plurality of computer servers of a computer service provider through a respective external connection of the computer service provider with the selected computer server, such telephonic switch comprising:
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a detection circuit of the automatic call distributor for detecting agent selection information received from the remote computer requesting connection to the computer service provider; and a routing circuit of the automatic call distributor for connecting the remote computer to the selected computer server through the respective external connection of the computer service provider based on the information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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Specification