US 7,203,300 B2 · Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services

Abstract

A system and method for automatically and seamlessly routing telephone calls across a telephone network. The system includes a telephone network interface box having a computer, a master file and client file stored in the computer. The master file is dynamically linked to the client file at routing time to produce a selected client location telephone number which is transmitted across the telephone network. In one embodiment, the system utilizes Automatic Number Identification to identify the calling party. The master file has a plurality of records having a telephone number and a spatial key and is updated frequently. The client file has a plurality of records having a spatial key and a client telephone number. Another embodiment utilizes a spatial coordinate of an instantaneous location of a caller's mobile device as an input to a real-time process which identifies one or more client service locations corresponding to the location of the caller's device.

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Dependent claims

A method of a providing location-based service for service locations that are spatially associated with a party while the party is connected to a communication network, the method comprising:

providing a first database that includes service entity spatial information for a plurality of service locations;
obtaining first party spatial information for a party that is connected to a communication network;
indexing the first database with the first party spatial information to identify one or more spatially near service locations while the first party is connected to the communication network;
and
retrieving information related to at least one spatially near service location based on said indexing for transmission to the communication network.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/227,589Filed 15 Sep 2005 · continuation

Priority

22 Feb 1993

Published

US 2006/0008067 A112 Jan 2006

Granted

10 Apr 2007

Term ends

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Classification43 codes

H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services
H04M 3/42
Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges: systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
H04M 3/42042
Calling party identification service: notifying the called party of information on the calling party

Family

Application08/020,653Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Feb 1993

Application08/365,325Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Dec 1994

Application08/598,392Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Feb 1996

Application08/659,318Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 6 Jun 1996

Application09/100,567Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Jun 1998

Application10/066,242Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2002

Application10/454,396Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Jun 2003

US 2006/0008067 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Jan 2006

US 6,608,892 B2Parent of this continuation

US 6,385,312 B1Parent of this continuation

US 5,982,868 AParent of this continuation-in-part

Application09/100,567Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 5,848,131 AParent of this continuation-in-part

US 5,506,897 AParent of this continuation-in-part

Application08/365,325Parent of this continuation

US 2002/0106069 A1Published application

US 2003/0228009 A1Published application

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Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services

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Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services

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Abstract

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