System for providing network information service using CID-type messages

• US 20050175163A1
• Filed: 04/11/2005
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pelletier, Karen Jeanne, Griffith, Laura Marie, Bossemeyer, Robert Wesley Jr., Stuckman, Bruce Edward, Bennett, Raymond Walden III, Ekstrom, Gayle Roberta, Light, Jordan Howard, Pickard, Michael Steven, Israelski, Edmond W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,359,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/207.20
• 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), a signaling transfer point (STP), a service node/intelligent peripheral (SNIP) and a switching control point (SCP), 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 SNIP 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. A system having an originating service switching point (SSP), a signaling transfer point (STP), a service node/intelligent peripheral (SNIP) and a switching control point (SCP), 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 further adapted to receive input from a subscriber to the information service representing the subscriber'"'"'s choice of content; and

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

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the input from the subscriber is via the Internet.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the input from the subscriber is via the CPE.