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AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsMark J. Enzmann, Robert T. Moton, Jr., Samuel N. Zellner
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A system whereby subscribers are provided with a universal resource locator (URL), that uniquely identifies, e.g., a web site maintained by the calling party. In a preferred embodiment, when the telephone call-reaches the subscriber's handset, a special character, e.g., an “*” is added to the display, e.g., at the end of the calling party's telephone number to let the subscriber know that additional information is available. The subscriber can then obtain detailed information about the calling party by, e.g., pressing a special “send” button on the handset, using a softkey or entering a special code. This prompts the subscriber's handset to send a communication over the internet to a database. The database maintains a table associating calling parties' numbers with URLs. The URL database then links the subscriber's telephone to a website maintained by the calling party. The subscriber's handset then downloads the information stored on the calling party's website for display on the subscriber's handset.
A method for providing additional information from a calling party having a telephone number to a subscriber comprising:
A system for providing additional information to a subscriber comprising:
A method for providing additional information to a subscriber's handset comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.