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Telephone communication system and method, and server for providing advertisement information

  • US 6,977,997 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2001
  • Issued: 12/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A telephone communication system for providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with the communication company,wherein the communication terminal includes means for transmitting user-related information and means for receiving the piece of advertisement information,wherein the facility includes means for storing pieces of advertisement information, means for retrieving a particular piece of advertisement information from the storing means, means for receiving the user-related information from the communication terminal, and means for transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal,wherein the retrieving means of the facility performs a retrieval procedure on the basis of the user-related information sent from the communication terminal,wherein when the communication terminal sends a telephone number specifying a call receiving terminal to the facility of the communication company, the communication terminal also transmits the user-related information to the facility of the communication company, andwherein the user-related information includes at least one of information about preference of a user who utilizes the communication terminal, history of information distribution to the user, and position information of the user.

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