Pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting
First Claim
1. A system for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card, comprising:
- a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting related to said pre-paid telephone calling card; and
a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system coupled to said data storage system and configured to receive a request to record said personal greeting during a calling card setup call over a telephone network and to cause said personal greeting to be recorded during said calling card setup call,wherein said pre-paid telephone calling card processing system plays, without input by a user to request the playback, said personal greeting upon use of the pre-paid telephone calling card by the user, and maintains status of whether said personal greeting has been played.
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Abstract
System and a method for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting. Also included and involved is a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system that is coupled to the data storage system and which is configured to receive a request to record the personal greeting during a setup call over a telephone network and to cause the personal greeting to be recorded for subsequent playback. The pre-paid telephone calling card processing system is also configured to receive a request to make an outbound telephone call in relation to the pre-paid telephone calling card during an access call over the telephone network and to cause the personal greeting to be played back automatically during the access call.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card, comprising:
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a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting related to said pre-paid telephone calling card; and a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system coupled to said data storage system and configured to receive a request to record said personal greeting during a calling card setup call over a telephone network and to cause said personal greeting to be recorded during said calling card setup call, wherein said pre-paid telephone calling card processing system plays, without input by a user to request the playback, said personal greeting upon use of the pre-paid telephone calling card by the user, and maintains status of whether said personal greeting has been played. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card, comprising the steps of:
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storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting to be associated with pre-paid telephone calling card; receiving a request to record said personal greeting during a calling card setup call over a telephone network; and causing said personal greeting to be recorded during said calling card setup call, said personal greeting to be played back during an access call related to the use of said pre-paid telephone calling card, wherein the pre-paid telephone calling card processing system plays, without input by a user to request the playback, said personal greeting upon use of the pre-paid telephone calling card by the user, and maintains status of whether said personal greeting has been played. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of using a pre-paid telephone calling card, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system during a pre-paid telephone calling card setup call via a telephone network; entering a card identifier corresponding to data addressable by said pre-paid telephone calling card processing system; and recording a personal greeting during said setup call, said personal greeting being addressable by said pre-paid telephone calling card processing system during a subsequent telephone service access call, wherein the pre-paid telephone calling card processing system plays, without input by a user to request the playback, said personal greeting upon use of the pre-paid telephone calling card by the user, and maintains status of whether said personal greeting has been played. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system for facilitating the use of a pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting, comprising:
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a data storage system storing data corresponding to a prepaid telephone calling card and to a personal greeting related to said pre-paid telephone calling card, wherein said personal greeting was recorded during a calling card setup call; and a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system coupled to said data storage system and configured to receive a request to make an outbound telephone call in relation to said pre-paid telephone calling card during an access call over a telephone network and to cause, without use of a prompt, said personal greeting to be played during said access call, the pre-paid telephone calling card processing system being further configured to maintain status of whether said personal greeting has been played. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for facilitating the use of a pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting, comprising:
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storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and to a personal greeting related to said pre-paid telephone calling card; and receiving a request to make an outbound telephone call in relation to said pre-paid telephone calling card during an access call over a telephone network; causing said personal greeting to be played without a prompt during said access call, wherein said personal greeting was recorded during a calling card setup call; and maintaining status of whether said personal greeting has been played. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of using a pre-paid telephone calling card, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system during a telephone service access call via a telephone network; entering a card identifier corresponding to data addressable by said pre-paid telephone calling card processing system; retrieving a pre-recorded personal greeting associated with said pre-paid telephone calling card based on said card identifier entered during said entering step, wherein said personal greeting was recorded during a calling card setup call; playing, without prompting, said pre-recorded personal greeting associated with said pre-paid telephone calling card during said telephone service access call; and maintaining status of whether said personal greeting has been played. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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