Delivering specialized services to users of phones
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1. A system comprising:
- a first phone to enable a first user to send a first business card;
a second phone to enable a second user to send a second business card;
a missed call server operable to;
allocate a first phone number to said first business card in response to receiving said first business card from said first phone, and allocate a second phone number to said second business card in response to receiving said second business card from said second phone;
receive an indication that said first user has placed a missed call to said second phone number; and
send said second business card to said first phone and said first business card to said second phone in response to said indication.
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention enables users to avail specialized services using missed calls. In one embodiment, a missed call server on receiving an indication that a missed call has been placed by a user to a phone number, determines the specialized service corresponding to the phone number, and then sends a data to the service provider offering the determined service. The service provider then delivers the specialized service (sought to be availed) to the user. One of the specialized services is the delivery of content to the user. Thus, a user is enabled to access different contents by placing missed calls to the appropriate phone numbers.
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13 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first phone to enable a first user to send a first business card; a second phone to enable a second user to send a second business card; a missed call server operable to; allocate a first phone number to said first business card in response to receiving said first business card from said first phone, and allocate a second phone number to said second business card in response to receiving said second business card from said second phone; receive an indication that said first user has placed a missed call to said second phone number; and send said second business card to said first phone and said first business card to said second phone in response to said indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a missed call server to facilitate distribution of business cards, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said missed call server causes said missed call server to perform the actions of:
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receiving a first business card from a first user at a first phone; allocating a first phone number to said first business card; receiving, in said missed call server, an indication that a second user has placed a missed call from a second phone to said first phone number; and sending said first business card to said second phone in response to said indication. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving a first business card from a first user at a first phone; allocating a first phone number to said first business card; receiving a call from a second phone of a second user to said first phone number; disconnecting said call to cause a missed call corresponding to said call from said second phone to said first phone number; and sending said first business card to said second phone in response to said missed call, wherein at least some of said receiving of said first business card, said allocating, said receiving, said disconnecting and said sending are performed in a missed call server containing a memory and processor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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