Telephone call center distribution system and method
First Claim
1. A telephone call system for distributing large numbers of phone calls to individual contacts in a simple and efficient manner without the use of purchased commercial phone lines comprising:
- a first computer readable medium;
a modem in communication with said first computer readable medium;
a second computer readable medium in communication with said first computer readable medium;
contact information in communication with at least one of said first and said second computer readable medium representing phone numbers for potential contacts;
message information in communication with at least one of said first and said second computer readable medium representing a message to be played;
a first set of computer readable instructions in communication with said first computer readable medium including;
connection instructions for connecting to said second computer readable medium;
receiving instructions for receiving at least one phone number associated with a potential contact to call;
call instructions for initiating a phone call to said phone number with said modem and determining if the phone has been answered;
message receiving instructions for receiving said message information;
transmitting instructions for transmitting said message information;
a second set of computer readable instructions in communication with said second computer readable medium including;
message transmission instructions for transmitting said message information;
phone number instructions for selecting a phone number and selecting a recipient for the phone number;
phone number transmission instructions for transmitting the phone number to said first computer readable medium.
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Abstract
A system and method for distributing a large number of phone calls to individual contacts using private phone lines in an efficient and simple manner by providing a database of contacts with their names and associated phone numbers, providing a plurality of remote computers associated with private phone lines for initiating phone calls to the contacts, transmitting a message to be played to the potential contacts to the remote computers, transmitting a list of the contacts and phone numbers to the remote computers, and initiating phone calls to the phone numbers over the private phone lines.
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30 Claims
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1. A telephone call system for distributing large numbers of phone calls to individual contacts in a simple and efficient manner without the use of purchased commercial phone lines comprising:
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a first computer readable medium;
a modem in communication with said first computer readable medium;
a second computer readable medium in communication with said first computer readable medium;
contact information in communication with at least one of said first and said second computer readable medium representing phone numbers for potential contacts;
message information in communication with at least one of said first and said second computer readable medium representing a message to be played;
a first set of computer readable instructions in communication with said first computer readable medium including;
connection instructions for connecting to said second computer readable medium;
receiving instructions for receiving at least one phone number associated with a potential contact to call;
call instructions for initiating a phone call to said phone number with said modem and determining if the phone has been answered;
message receiving instructions for receiving said message information;
transmitting instructions for transmitting said message information;
a second set of computer readable instructions in communication with said second computer readable medium including;
message transmission instructions for transmitting said message information;
phone number instructions for selecting a phone number and selecting a recipient for the phone number;
phone number transmission instructions for transmitting the phone number to said first computer readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a telephone call system for distributing large numbers of phone calls to individual contacts in a simple and efficient manner without the use of purchased commercial phone lines, a computer program comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and
a set of computer readable instructions in communication with said computer readable medium including;
receiving instructions for receiving a plurality of phone numbers associated with potential contacts pre-selected from a database of potential contacts from a second computer readable medium;
call instructions for initiating a phone call over a private phone line to said phone number and determining if the phone has been answered;
message receiving instructions for receiving message information from a second computer readable medium;
message transmission instructions for transmitting the message information to the phone associated with all said phone number and determining if the message information has completed being transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for distributing a large number of phone calls to individual contacts using private phone lines in an efficient and simple manner comprising:
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providing a database of contacts with their names and associated phone numbers;
providing a plurality of remote computers associated with private phone lines for initiating phone calls to said contacts;
transmitting a message to be played to said potential contacts to said remote computers;
transmitting a list of said contacts and phone numbers to said remote computers;
initiating phone calls to the phone numbers over said private phone lines. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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