Method and apparatus for playing audible advertisements on a communication device
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1. A computer implemented method for playing audible advertisements on a communication device, the computer implemented method comprising:
- responsive to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, selecting, by a processor executing computer code, an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with the caller;
playing the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee; and
upon determining that the audible advertisement does not complete before initiating the connection, designating the audible advertisement to remain the selected audible advertisement of the caller.
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Abstract
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for playing audible advertisements on a communication device. In response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements is selected using criteria matching a user profile associated with the caller. The audible advertisement is played on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for playing audible advertisements on a communication device, the computer implemented method comprising:
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responsive to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, selecting, by a processor executing computer code, an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with the caller; playing the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee; and upon determining that the audible advertisement does not complete before initiating the connection, designating the audible advertisement to remain the selected audible advertisement of the caller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable storage medium including computer usable program code for playing audible advertisements on a communication device, the computer program product comprising; computer usable program code for selecting an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with a caller in response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call; computer usable program code for playing the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee; and computer usable program code for, upon determining that the audible advertisement does not complete before initiating the connection, designating the audible advertisement to remain the selected audible advertisement of the caller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a bus system; a communications system connected to the bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code; and a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to select an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements using criteria matching a user profile associated with a caller in response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call;
play the audible advertisement on the communication device to the caller prior to initiating a connection to a callee; and
upon determining that the audible advertisement does not complete before initiating the connection, designate the audible advertisement to remain the selected audible advertisement of the caller.
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