Computer network page advertising method
OwnerMark Westling, Phillip Wherry +1inventors
InventorsMark Westling, Phillip Wherry, Craig Owensby
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Abstract
The invention provides a system for promoting computer network pages. The system includes a mobile station that allows a user to conduct telephone calls and connect to a computer network. A call management server selects and transmits an audible advertisement for a network page to a user, based on profile information of the user. A gateway then causes a menu including a selection choice for connecting to the advertised computer network page to appear on the mobile station when the user connects to the computer network.
Claims30
A method of promoting a computer network page to a user, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting an audible advertisement for the computer network page to a mobile station;
- and
- providing a menu including a selection choice for the advertised network page.
A method of promoting an Internet web page to a user, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting an audible advertisement for the Internet web page to a mobile station;
- and
- providing a menu including a selection choice for the advertised Internet web page.
A system for promoting and accessing computer network pages comprising:
- a mobile station that allows a user to conduct telephone calls and connect to a computer network;
- a call management server comprising;
- a caller identification device that identifies a user;
- a profile database containing profile information of at least one user;
- an advertisement database containing audible advertisements for computer network pages on the computer network;
- a processor that receives the identification of the user from the caller identification device, retrieves the user's profile information from the profile database and selects an audible advertisement from the advertisement database based on the user's profile;
- a voice response unit that sends the audible advertisement to the mobile station;
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- a gateway that provides a menu including a selection choice for connecting to a advertised computer network page.
A call management server that receives an indication of the initiation of a telephone call and outputs a voice advertisement for a computer network page and the identification of the computer network page comprising:
- a caller identification device that identifies a user;
- a profile database containing profile information of at least one user;
- an advertisement database containing audible advertisements for computer network pages;
- a processor that receives the identification of the user from the caller identification device, retrieves the user's profile information from the profile database and selects an audible advertisement from the advertisement database based on the user's profile;
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- a voice response unit that outputs the selected advertisement and an identification of the corresponding computer network page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.