US 2025/0141997 A1Published application

System for internet-mediated dialogue

AssigneeToraru Co., Ltd.

InventorJun NISIGUCHI

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Abstract

A system is provided that allows users to engage easily in conversations over the Internet without the need for prior preparation. In the system, a service recipient (originating user) who wishes to receive an information service from an expert, for example, enters the URL of the call-in web page of the service provider (receiving user) into the web browser of their smartphone. By touching the “Call” button included in the call-in web page displayed on the web browser, he/she can trigger a continuous call tone or vibration on the service provider's smartphone, initiating the call. When the service provider touches the “Answer” button on his/her smartphone in response to the call, a conversation can be initiated between the service recipient's smartphone and the service provider's smartphone, allowing for communication through voice, video, and text.

Claims46

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a web page transmission unit that, in response to a request from an originating terminal device equipped with a web browser function used by an unspecified originating user, transmits a call-in web page to the originating terminal device, which accepts a call operation directed to a receiving terminal device equipped with a telephone function used by the receiving user,
a call instruction transmission unit that, when a call operation is performed by the originating user on the call-in web page displayed by the originating terminal device, transmits a call instruction to the receiving terminal device to initiate a call for the receiving user, and
a communication enabling unit that, when the receiving user performs an operation to answer the call on the receiving terminal device being called in the same manner as a calling method used by the telephone function, enables communication for a conversation between the originating user using the originating terminal device and the receiving user using the receiving terminal device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/689,651Filed 15 Sep 2022
Priority: JP 2021-1457167 Sep 2021
Published: 1 May 2025
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Classification18 codes

H04M 7/0027
Services and arrangements where telephone services are combined with data services: collaboration services where a computer is used for data…
G06Q 20/102
Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems: bill distribution or payments
G06Q 20/145
Specially adapted for billing systems: payments according to the detected use or quantity
G06Q 30/06
Commerce: buying, selling or leasing transactions