Interactive graphic payphone
First Claim
1. A method of displaying graphical data associated with a telephony transmission, the method comprising:
- receiving a call that includes graphical data from a content server;
storing said graphical data in a display buffer in a telephone;
retrieving said graphical data from said display buffer and displaying said retrieved graphical data in a display on said telephone;
creating a call detail record in a called detail record buffer in response to activating a user interface within a period of time after said graphical data is displayed, said call detail record being indicative of a duration of said call;
loading an appropriate printer driver in a printer buffer in response to activating said user interface within said period of time after said graphical data is displayed; and
directing a printer to print said call detail record from said called detail record buffer in response to said appropriate printer driver being loaded.
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Abstract
An apparatus for displaying graphical information at a plurality of sites. The apparatus includes a graphical content server and a plurality of graphical display telephones. The graphical content server includes a processor for creating graphical content files defining graphical information to be displayed at the plurality of sites and a transmitter for transmitting the graphical content files to respective graphical display telephones at the plurality of sites. Each graphical display telephone includes a receiver for receiving graphical data from the graphical content server, memory for storing the graphical data in a display buffer in the telephone and a graphical display for displaying the graphical data stored in the display buffer.
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54 Claims
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1. A method of displaying graphical data associated with a telephony transmission, the method comprising:
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receiving a call that includes graphical data from a content server; storing said graphical data in a display buffer in a telephone; retrieving said graphical data from said display buffer and displaying said retrieved graphical data in a display on said telephone; creating a call detail record in a called detail record buffer in response to activating a user interface within a period of time after said graphical data is displayed, said call detail record being indicative of a duration of said call; loading an appropriate printer driver in a printer buffer in response to activating said user interface within said period of time after said graphical data is displayed; and directing a printer to print said call detail record from said called detail record buffer in response to said appropriate printer driver being loaded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for displaying graphical data that is associated with a telephony transmission, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver configured and arranged to receive a call that includes said graphical data from a content server; a memory configured and arranged to store said graphical data in a display buffer in a telephone; a display configured and arranged to display said graphical data stored in a display buffer; a called detail record buffer that creates a call detail record in response to activation of a user interface within a period of time after said graphical data is displayed, said call detail record being indicative of a duration of said call, loading an appropriate printer driver in a printer buffer in response to said activation of said user interface; and a printer directed to print said call detail record from said called detail record buffer in response to the loading of said appropriate printer driver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of displaying graphical information at a plurality of sites, the method comprising:
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transmitting a message indicative of a data field that has a bit map file associated with graphical information and an identifier field that identifies said message as a graphical or rate table message which is associated with said graphical information; controlling pixels on a display of graphical display telephones in accordance with said bit map file wherein said graphical display telephones are located in at least one of said plurality of sites; creating graphical content files based on said identifier field and said data field that define said graphical information to be displayed at least one of said plurality of sites; and transmitting said graphic content files to at least one of said graphical display telephones. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for displaying graphical information at a plurality of sites, the apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting a message indicative of a data field that has a bit map file which is associated with graphical information and an identifier field that identifies said message as a graphical or rate table message which is associated with said graphical information; a plurality of graphical display telephones includes a display wherein said graphical display telephones controls pixels in accordance with said bit map file, wherein said graphical display telephones are located on at least one of said plurality of sites; a processor configured and arranged to create graphical content files based on said identifier field and said data field that define said graphical information to be displayed on at least one of said plurality of sites; and a transmitter configured and arranged to transmit said graphical content files to at least one of said graphical display telephones at least one of said plurality of sites. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of displaying graphical information at a plurality of sites, the method comprising:
transmitting a message indicative of a data field that has a bit map file associated with graphical information, and an identifier field that identifies said message as a graphical or rate table message which is associated with said graphical information; creating graphical content files based on said identifier field and said data field that define said graphical information to be displayed on at least one of said plurality of sites; transmitting said graphical content files to at least one of said graphical display telephones at least one of said plurality of sites, from a graphical content server; receiving said graphical content files from said content server at said graphical display telephones at least one of said plurality of sites; storing said graphical content files in a display buffer of at least one of said graphical display telephones; and displaying said graphical content files stored in said display buffer of at least one of said graphical display telephones by controlling pixels of said display in accordance with said bit map file. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An apparatus for displaying graphical information at a plurality of sites, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter for transmitting a message indicative of a data field that has a bit map file which is associated with graphical information, and an identifier field that identifies said message as a graphical or rate table message which is associated with said graphical information; a graphical content server including; a processor configured and arranged to create graphical content files based on said identifier field and said data field that define said graphical information to be displayed on at least one of said plurality of sites; a transmitter configured and arranged to transmit said graphical content files to respective ones of graphical display telephones at said plurality of sites; and a plurality of graphical display telephones, each of said graphical display telephones including; a receiver configured and arranged to receive said graphical content files from said graphical content server; a memory configured and arranged to store said graphical content files in a display buffer in said respective ones of said graphical display telephone; and a graphical display configured and arranged to display said graphical content files stored in said display buffer by controlling pixels of said display in accordance with said bit map file. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus for target graphical advertising with respect to a telephony device comprising:
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a central payphone server including a processor which includes a memory that includes a link table and graphical content files; said processor is configured to receive a call detail record which is indicative of a duration of a call to a central payphone server, a date associated with said call and a payment associated with said call to said central payphone server which creates said graphical content files; and a transmitter selectively coupling said central payphone server to a plurality of telephony devices such that said graphical content files can be transmitted from said central payphone serves to said plurality of telephony devices by use of said link tables that correlate said graphical content files to said plurality of telephony devices in response to a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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