Controlling customized announcements to subscribers and responses thereto in a telecommunication system
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsDavid Gerard Parker, Mark Alexander Ristich, Robin Jeffrey Thompson
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Abstract
A network element, such as a service control point, in a telecommunication network controls the playing of promotional announcements to subscribers and provides for the collection of input from subscribers, such as a DTMF tone, in response to the announcements and action based on subscriber input. Stored subscriber records allow the selection and periodicity of announcements to be customized.
Claims18
A method implemented by a service control point (SCP) in a telecommunication system for controlling announcements to subscribers comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at the SCP, a trigger message including the identity of a first subscriber;
- retrieving, at the SCP, instructions associated with the first subscriber on playing an announcement;
- determining, by the SCP based on said instructions, whether an announcement is to be played to the first subscriber;
- if an announcement is to be played to the first subscriber, identifying at the SCP a particular announcement from a plurality of possible announcements to be played and causing the particular announcement to be played to the first subscriber.
A method controlled by a service control point (SCP) in a telecommunication system for making announcements to subscribers comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at the SCP, a trigger message including the identity of a first subscriber;
- determining, at the SCP, whether an announcement is to be played to the first subscriber based on instructions associated with the first subscriber on playing an announcement;
- if an announcement is to be played to the first subscriber, identifying a particular announcement from a plurality of possible announcements and causing the particular announcement to be played to the first subscriber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.