Real-time usage-based spontaneous subscription service
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1. A method of offering parties to a call or connection request the ability to subscribe to at least one telecommunications service during the call or connection request, comprising the steps of:
- monitoring the call or connection request to determine if a party has invoked a service, and if so, checking whether all of the other parties to the call or connection request are subscribed to that service by querying a database using a telephone number associated with said each other party to locate a service record associated with that party, but if any other party is not subscribed to that service;
offering each non-subscribed party the opportunity to obtain said at least one service and for each non-subscribed party accepting the offer, providing said at least one requested service.
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Abstract
When one party (25) to a call or connection request invokes a telecommunications service, a platform (30) monitors that request and determines whether the other parties (25) also subscribe to that service. If any party to the call does not subscribe, then the platform makes an offer of that service to each non-subscribed service. In this way, non-subscribed parties may obtain telecommunications services in a “point-of-sale” manner.
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1. A method of offering parties to a call or connection request the ability to subscribe to at least one telecommunications service during the call or connection request, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring the call or connection request to determine if a party has invoked a service, and if so, checking whether all of the other parties to the call or connection request are subscribed to that service by querying a database using a telephone number associated with said each other party to locate a service record associated with that party, but if any other party is not subscribed to that service;
offering each non-subscribed party the opportunity to obtain said at least one service and for each non-subscribed party accepting the offer, providing said at least one requested service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of offering each called party the ability to subscribe to at least one telecommunications service during the call or connection request, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring the call or connection request to determine if a calling party initiating a call or connection request has invoked a service, and if so, checking whether each called party is subscribed to that service by querying a database using a called party number associated with said each called party to locate a service record associated with that party, but if any called party is not subscribed to that service;
offering each non-subscribed called party the opportunity to obtain said at least one service and for each non-subscribed called party accepting the offer, providing said at least one requested service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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