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Data communication system for supplementing telephone calls

  • US 7,164,756 B1
  • Filed: 02/18/2003
  • Issued: 01/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data communication system comprising:

  • a public switched telephone network;

    a telephone device coupled to said public switched telephone network and utilized by a user to participate in a telephone call between said user and a second party;

    a data store contained within said public switched telephone network for storing one or more personal data elements configurable on behalf of said user, said personal data elements stored according to respective pointers, and said data store corresponding to a respective user telephone number;

    a data interface controller contained within said public switched telephone network for retrieving a particular personal data element in response to a user-initiated manual control signal;

    a control signal generator for generating said control signal during said telephone call according to a respective pointer corresponding to said particular personal data element; and

    a data transmitter coupled to said data interface controller for remotely transmitting said particular personal data element retrieved by said data interface controller to said second party.

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