US 2008/0292071 A1 · Method and System for Non-Traditional Directory Assistance

Abstract

A directory assistance service includes a database and an interface module. The database stores a set of audio advertisements, and the audio advertisements are priced based on a tiered pricing model. The interface module is in communication with the database and receives a directory assistance request from a caller, plays the caller one or more audio advertisements from the database, and charges an advertiser for playing the audio advertisements based on the tiered pricing model.

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Dependent claims

A directory assistance service comprising:

a database operably configured to store a set of audio advertisements priced on a tiered pricing model;
and
an interface module in communication with the database, the interface module operably configured to receive a directory assistance request from a caller, to play the caller one or more audio advertisements from the database, and to charge an advertiser for playing the audio advertisements based on the tiered pricing model.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/754,075Filed 25 May 2007

Published

27 Nov 2008

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

H04M 15/51
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless…: for…
H04M 3/4878
Non-interactive information services: advertisement messages
H04M 3/4931
Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice…
H04M 2242/15
Special services or facilities: information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber

Method and System for Non-Traditional Directory Assistance

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Abstract

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