Telephony

A method of communicating over a telephone system, said telephone system comprising a plurality of electronic nodes, each of said electronic nodes associated with a telephone number consisting of an alphanumeric string, each of said electronic nodes associated with an electronic memory, said method comprising:

• electronically connecting a message origination station to said telephone network;
• entering a code associated with a selected one of said nodes, said code comprising said conventional telephone number with either a # signal or * signal inserted in series with said alphanumeric string;
• electronically analyzing said code and electronically connecting said telephone network to said selected node;
• sending a non-call message from said message origination station to said selected node;
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• storing said non-call message in said memory of said selected node.

A network switching system comprising:

• a switch having an input terminal, a first output terminal connected to a first network system, and a second output terminal connected to a second network system;
• a signal analysis circuit connected to said input terminal for analyzing a coded input signal and providing a first driver signal when said coded input signal includes a # signal or a * signal interspersed between two alphanumeric signals corresponding to alphanumeric telephone number symbols, and for providing a second driver signal when said coded input signal does not include a # signal or a * signal interspersed between two alphanumeric signals corresponding to alphanumeric telephone number symbols;
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• a switch driver circuit connected to said signal analysis circuit for setting said switch to connect said input terminal to said first output terminal responsive to said first driver signal and for setting said switch to connect said input terminal to said second output terminal responsive to said second driver signal.

A method of doing business comprising:

• providing a plurality of addressable nodes in an electronic information system, the addresses of said addressable nodes corresponding to telephone numbers;
• registering said addressable nodes to users of said electronic information system;
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• providing electronic access to a selected one of said addressable nodes corresponding to a specific telephone number in response to a coded signal having a signal or a * signal interspersed between two alphanumeric signals corresponding to said specific telephone number.

A method of communicating non-call messages over a telephone network, said method comprising:

• receiving a coded signal at a switch in said telephone network, said coded signal comprising a plurality of individual code signals, said plurality of individual code signals including a plurality of alphanumeric signals, each said alphanumeric signal corresponding to an alphanumeric symbol associated with a selected telephone number;
• electronically analyzing said coded signal;
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• connecting said switch to a predetermined digital circuit if said coded signal comprises a signal selected from the group consisting of:
• a # signal or a * signal interspersed between two of said alphanumeric signals corresponding to said alphanumeric telephone number symbols, an Internet protocol address, a preprogrammed signal that is not a telephone number, or a signal indicating that a key has been held down for a predetermined time.

A method of communicating over a telephone system, said telephone system comprising a plurality of electronic nodes, each of said electronic nodes associated with a telephone number consisting of an alpha-numeric string, each of said electronic nodes associated with an electronic memory, said method comprising:

• electronically connecting a message origination station to said telephone network;
• entering a code associated with a selected one of said nodes, said code comprising said conventional telephone number with either:
• a # signal or * signal inserted in series with said alphanumeric string, an Internet protocol address, a preprogrammed signal that is not a telephone number, or a signal indicating that a key has been held down for a predetermined time;
• electronically analyzing said code and electronically connecting said telephone network to said selected electronic node;
• sending a non-call message from said message origination station to said selected node;
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• storing said non-call message in said memory said selected node.

An emergency warning system, comprising:

• a warning message origination station;
• a switch connectable to said message origination station, said switch having an input terminal, a first output terminal connected to a first network system, and a second output terminal connected to a second network system;
• a signal analysis circuit connected to said input terminal for analyzing a coded input signal and providing a first driver signal when said coded input signal includes:
• a # signal or a * signal interspersed between two alphanumeric signals corresponding to alphanumeric telephone number symbols, an Internet protocol address, a preprogrammed signal that is not a telephone number, or a signal indicating that a key has been held down for a predetermined time;
• and for providing a second driver signal when said coded input signal does not include:
• a # signal or a * signal interspersed between two alphanumeric signals corresponding to alphanumeric telephone number symbols, an Internet protocol address, a preprogrammed signal that is not a telephone number, or a signal indicating that a key has been held down for a predetermined time;
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• a switch driver circuit connected to said signal analysis circuit for setting said switch to connect said input terminal to said first output terminal responsive to said first driver signal and for setting said switch to connect said input terminal to said second output terminal responsive to said second driver signal;
• wherein said second network system comprises a telephone network including a plurality of electronic storage nodes, each of said electronic storage nodes corresponding to a telephone number.

A non-call processing system configured to handle non-calls originating from a voice telephone network, the system comprising:

• (a) a signal analysis module within the voice telephone network configured to identify a non-call in the voice telephone network, based on the occurrence of an indicator and based on the identification, and route the non-call to a distribution circuit;
• (b) a distribution circuit, configured to receive the non-call and transmit the non-call to a node;
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• (c) a node, configured to receive and store non-calls for retrieval.

A device independent contact system, configured to handle access from a plurality of access networks including voice telephone networks, cable television, wireless telephone, and the Internet, the system comprising:

• (a) a voice telephone signal analysis module within a voice telephone network configured to identify a first non-call in the voice telephone network, based on the occurrence of a first indicator and based on the identification, route the first non-call to a distribution circuit;
• (b) a distribution circuit, configured to receive the first non-call and transmit the first non-call to a node;
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• (c) a node, configured to receive and store non-calls for retrieval.

A method for processing non-calls originating from a voice telephone network, the method comprising:

• (a) identifying non-calls in the voice telephone network based on the occurrence of an indicator at a signal analysis module within the voice telephone;
• (b) based on the identifying of (a), routing the non-call to a distribution circuit;
• (c) receiving the non-call at the distribution circuit;
• (d) transmitting the non-call from the distribution circuit to a node;
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• (e) receiving the non-call at the node.

A method for providing an online home for a user, the online home presented to the user and visitors via a plurality of interfaces, the method comprising:

• (a) presenting to the user a plurality of virtual rooms, each room having predefined characteristics and functions;
• (b) presenting a plurality of virtual objects, each object having predefined functions and characteristics;
• (c) providing access to the online home to the user via a variety of access networking including the Internet and a voice telephone network;
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• (d) receiving inputs from the user and activating functions of the plurality of virtual rooms and the plurality of virtual objects.

A system for providing an online home for a user, the online home presented to the user and visitors via a plurality of interfaces, the system comprising:

• (a) a plurality of virtual rooms, each room of the plurality having predefined characteristics and functions;
• (b) a plurality of virtual objects, located in the plurality of virtual rooms, the virtual objects having predefined functions and characteristics;
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• (c) an interaction and filtering module configured to receive inputs from the user and activate functions of the plurality of virtual rooms and the plurality of virtual objects.

A system for resolving non-calls, the system comprising:

• (a) a first module, configured to mark non-calls and route the non-calls into a telesphere to be resolved, wherein the non-calls are determined by the occurrence of an indicator consisting of a group including:
• a * key on the phone keypad, a # key on the phone keypad, and a www.[number] in an Internet browser;
• (b) a second module, configured to pre-link content in the Internet to a plurality of digital voice and visual interfaces by indexing pointers to each location associated with the content;
• (c) a third module, configured to convert incoming clicks, interactive voice functions (IVF), and keypad sequences into notions;
• (d) a fourth module, being an assembly point where tokens are processed using data analytics into a notion header registers, wherein each notion has a notion header register and each of the tokens is inserted into a corresponding notion;
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• (e) a fifth module, configured to direct content-of-interest to a first digital voice and visual interface responsive to the notions.

A method for resolving non-calls, the method comprising:

• (a) marking and routing non-calls into a telesphere to be resolved using a first module, wherein the non-calls are determined by the occurrence of an indicator consisting of a group including:
• a * key on the phone keypad, a # key on the phone keypad, and a www.[number] in an Internet browser;
• (b) pre-linking content in the Internet to a plurality of digital voice and visual interfaces by indexing pointers to each location associated with the content using a second module;
• (c) converting incoming clicks, interactive voice functions (IVF), and keypad sequences into notions using a third module;
• (d) assembling tokens using a fourth module, the assembling using data analytics;
• (e) inserting the tokens into a plurality of notion header registers using the fourth module, wherein each notion has a notion header register and each of the tokens is inserted into a corresponding notion;
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• (f) directing content-of-interest to a first digital voice and visual interface responsive to the notions.