Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, comprising:
- accessing a database, wherein the database comprises a list of telephone numbers associated with a plurality of destinations and associated visual IVR menu for each destination, and wherein the visual IVR menus are grouped based on at least one category, and each category is associated with a standard visual menu;
communicating between the user device and the IVR system by dialing a telephone number and using a voice only channel and not a data network;
pulling at least one visual IVR menu from said database, wherein said visual IVR menu is a standard visual menu associated with the category related to the telephone number dialed by said user, wherein the visual IVR menu is retrieved from the database and not from the IVR system; and
displaying on the user device said visual IVR menu using at least one icon.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a system for enhancing user interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising: data encoding a database, the database comprising a list of telephone numbers associated with one or more destinations implementing an IVR; instructions executable by the processor for automatically communicating with at least one user; and instructions executable by the processor to pull at least one menu from the database and display the menu to the at least one user, wherein the menu is associated with a telephone number dialed by the at least one user, and wherein the menu comprises at least one icon.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, comprising:
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accessing a database, wherein the database comprises a list of telephone numbers associated with a plurality of destinations and associated visual IVR menu for each destination, and wherein the visual IVR menus are grouped based on at least one category, and each category is associated with a standard visual menu; communicating between the user device and the IVR system by dialing a telephone number and using a voice only channel and not a data network; pulling at least one visual IVR menu from said database, wherein said visual IVR menu is a standard visual menu associated with the category related to the telephone number dialed by said user, wherein the visual IVR menu is retrieved from the database and not from the IVR system; and displaying on the user device said visual IVR menu using at least one icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for enhancing interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, comprising:
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accessing a database, wherein said database comprises a list of telephone numbers associated with a plurality of destinations and associated visual IVR menu for each destination, each destination implementing an IVR, and wherein the visual IVR menus are grouped based on at least one category and each category is associated with a standard visual menu; communicating between the user device and the IVR system by dialing a telephone number and using a voice only channel and not a data network; pulling at least one visual IVR menu from said database, wherein said visual IVR menu is a standard visual menu associated with the category related to the telephone number dialed by said user, wherein the visual IVR menu is retrieved from the database and not from the IVR system; and displaying at least one advertisement, wherein said advertisement is selected based on at least one category associated with said at least one visual IVR menu. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for enhancing interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, comprising:
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accessing a database, wherein said database comprises a list of telephone numbers associated with a plurality of destinations and associated visual IVR menu for each destination, each destination implementing an IVR, and wherein the visual IVR menus are grouped based on at least one category, and each category is associated with a standard visual menu; communicating between the user device and the IVR system by dialing a telephone number and using a voice only channel and not a data network; pulling at least one visual IVR menu from said database wherein said visual IVR menu is a standard visual menu associated with the category related to the telephone number dialed by said user, wherein the visual IVR menu is retrieved from the database and not from the IVR system; and displaying on an apparatus said at least one visual IVR menu using at least one icon, wherein said apparatus is not a telephone call generating apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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