System for providing network information service using CID-type messages

• US 7,359,502 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2005
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bossemeyer, Robert Welsey Jr., Pelletier, Karen Jeanne, Griffith, Laura Marie, Stuckman, Bruce Edward, Bennett, Raymond Walden III, Ekstrom, Gayle Roberta, Light, Jordan Howard, Pickard, Michael Steven, Israelski, Edmond W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Deane, Jr.; William J.
• Application Number:
  US11/103,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20050175163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/207.02, 37920704-20707, 379/221.08, 379/229, 379/230, 379/242, 37914201-14218
• US Class Current: 379/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13345 Intelligent networks, SCP
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13376 Information service, downloading of information, 0800/0900 services
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. The information is provided to the subscriber by way of information displayed on a caller-ID display and/or by way of talking caller-ID.

Claims

1. A system having an originating service switching point (SSP), the system for providing access to an information service over a telephone network comprising:

a customer premise equipment (CPE) selectably in communication with said SSP, said CPE configured to receive a dial tone when said CPE is off-hook;

a service node in communication with said SSP, said service node adapted to automatically receive and store content from said information service; and

a processor adapted to enable said service node to provide said content as continuous audio instead of said dial tone to said CPE when said CPE is off-hook;

wherein the content represents notification of email.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises an advanced intelligent network (AIN) system.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a signaling transfer point (STP) in communication with said SSP and a switching control point (SCP) in communication with said STP, wherein said SCP includes said processor.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the SCP is adapted to enable said service node to provide said content responsive to determining that a customer associated with said CPE is subscribed for said information service.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the SCP is adapted to enable said SSP to provide a dial tone to the CPE responsive to determining that a customer associated with said CPE is not subscribed for said information service.

6. The system of claim 3, further comprising a terminating SSP in communication with said STP.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the service node includes a TCP/IP interface for obtaining information from the Internet.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the service node includes a radio frequency (RF) interface for obtaining information.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor responds to an interrupt from the CPE by suspending the continuous audio.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor responds to a recognized sequence of DTMF keys from the CPE following the interrupt by changing the content.