Telephone number/Web page look-up apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A telephone answering apparatus for answering telephone calls to telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering apparatus, the telephone answering apparatus comprising:
- a storage device which stores information linking at least one of the telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering apparatus to a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a page on the World Wide Web (Web page) associated with the telephone number;
a look-up device which looks up the telephone number of each telephone call answered by the telephone answering apparatus in the storage device and, if the telephone number is found in the storage device, retrieves the URL identifying the Web page associated with the telephone number from the storage device;
a display; and
a Web page display device which displays on the display the Web page associated with the telephone number of the telephone call answered by the telephone answering apparatus in response to the URL retrieved from the storage device.
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Abstract
A telephone number/Web page look-up apparatus may be implemented in a telephone answering apparatus (15) for answering telephone calls to telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering apparatus. The telephone answering apparatus includes a storage device (16) which stores information linking at least one of the telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering apparatus to a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a page on the World Wide Web (Web page) associated with the telephone number, a look-up device (18) which looks up the telephone number of each telephone call answered by the telephone answering apparatus in the storage device and, if the telephone number is found in the storage device, retrieves the URL identifying the Web page associated with the telephone number from the storage device, a display (12), and a Web page display device (18) which displays on the display the Web page associated with the telephone number of the telephone call answered by the telephone answering apparatus in response to the URL retrieved from the storage device.
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63 Claims
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1. A telephone answering apparatus for answering telephone calls to telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering apparatus, the telephone answering apparatus comprising:
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a storage device which stores information linking at least one of the telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering apparatus to a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a page on the World Wide Web (Web page) associated with the telephone number; a look-up device which looks up the telephone number of each telephone call answered by the telephone answering apparatus in the storage device and, if the telephone number is found in the storage device, retrieves the URL identifying the Web page associated with the telephone number from the storage device; a display; and a Web page display device which displays on the display the Web page associated with the telephone number of the telephone call answered by the telephone answering apparatus in response to the URL retrieved from the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A telephone answering method for answering telephone calls to telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering method, the telephone answering method comprising the steps of:
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storing information linking at least one of the telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering method to a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a page on the World Wide Web (Web page) associated with the telephone number; looking up the telephone number of each telephone call answered by the telephone answering method in the stored information and, if the telephone number is found in the stored information, retrieving the URL identifying the Web page associated with the telephone number from the stored information; and displaying the Web page associated with the telephone number of the telephone call answered by the telephone answering method in response to the URL retrieved from the stored information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A processor-readable medium having stored therein a program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a telephone answering method for answering telephone calls to telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering method, the telephone answering method comprising the steps of:
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storing information linking at least one of the telephone numbers for which telephone calls are being answered by the telephone answering method to a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a page on the World Wide Web (Web page) associated with the telephone number; looking up the telephone number of each telephone call answered by the telephone answering method in the stored information and, if the telephone number is found in the stored information, retrieving the URL identifying the Web page associated with the telephone number from the stored information; and displaying the Web page associated with the telephone number of the telephone call answered by the telephone answering method in response to the URL retrieved from the stored information. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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