Contextualized Telephony Message Management
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving identification information associated with a telephony device operated by a user;
providing, to the telephony device, media associated with a plurality of call states;
determining a message for the user based on at least one of the identification information associated with the telephony device and a current call state associated with the telephony device from among the plurality of call states;
receiving, from the telephony device, user input information indicating a request for or an acceptance of the message; and
in response to receiving, from the telephony device, the user input information indicating the request for or the acceptance of the message, sending the message to the telephony device.
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Abstract
In one or more embodiments, one or more methods and/or systems described can transform an inbound call into one or more call streams and/or call states that can include at least one of a contextualized or personalized message, a promotion, a coupon, an offer, a voucher, an advertisement, and an opt-in program, among others. For example, the one or more methods and/or systems described can perform: receiving identification information associated with a telephony device; determining, based on the identification information, a message for the user; and sending the message to the telephony device. For instance, the message can include a coupon or discount for a good or service. In one example, the coupon or discount can be sent via a short message service text message. In another example, the coupon or discount can include a computer-readable image that can be sent via a multimedia messaging service message.
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32 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving identification information associated with a telephony device operated by a user; providing, to the telephony device, media associated with a plurality of call states; determining a message for the user based on at least one of the identification information associated with the telephony device and a current call state associated with the telephony device from among the plurality of call states; receiving, from the telephony device, user input information indicating a request for or an acceptance of the message; and in response to receiving, from the telephony device, the user input information indicating the request for or the acceptance of the message, sending the message to the telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory medium coupled to the processor; wherein the memory medium includes instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform; receiving identification information associated with a telephony device operated by a user; querying, based on the identification information associated with the telephony device, a database for profile information of the user; providing a plurality of menu options to the telephony device based on the profile information of the user; receiving, from the telephony device, user input information indicating one or more selections from the plurality of menu options; determining a message for the user based on the user input information indicating the one or more selections from the plurality of menu options; and sending the message to the telephony device.
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31. A computer readable memory medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processing system, cause the processing system to perform:
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receiving identification information associated with a telephony device operated by a user; querying, based on the identification information associated with the telephony device, a database for profile information of the user; building a menu that includes a plurality of menu options and a plurality of cross faded media, wherein at least one of the plurality of cross faded media includes at least one of the plurality of menu options, and wherein the plurality of menu options are based on the identification information associated with the telephony device and the profile information; providing the menu to the telephony device; receiving, from the telephony device, user input information indicating one or more selections from the plurality of menu options; determining a message for the user based on the user input information indicating the one or more selections from the plurality of menu options; and sending the message to the telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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