US 7,444,391 B2 · Data terminal, data distribution system, and internet telephone system

Abstract

A data terminal, a data distributing system, and an Internet telephoning system are provided where desired data such as advertisements can selectively be determined and used for enjoying its relevant services. The data terminal receives a summary of service data from a data provider apparatus over the Internet, and if desired, demands the data provider apparatus to provide the service data over the Internet. The service data from the data provider apparatus may selectively be received in at least one of an audio form, a text form, and a video form at the data terminal. The service data may be advertisement data, commercial product data, and entertainment data such as music, movies, and games. The entertainment data may selectively be presented as at least one of the title, the artist name, the cost, and a trial sample piece of the content.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An Internet-accessible telephone registering system comprising:

an Internet-accessible telephone;
and
an Internet telephone registration center inquiring information for registering the Internet-accessible telephone in responsive to a call from the Internet-accessible telephone, wherein the Internet-accessible telephone comprises:
Internet-accessible-telephone-registration-starting means for automatically calling the Internet telephone registration center for registration;
and
a memory receiving and storing a user identification number, a password number, and a telephone number of an optimum gateway to the user from the Internet telephone registration center when the information has been input.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/836,899Filed 30 Apr 2004 · continuation

Priority

JP 11-36720624 Dec 1999

Published

US 2004/0208170 A121 Oct 2004

Granted

28 Oct 2008

Term ends

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Classification16 codes

H04L 65/104
Signalling gateways: in the network
H04L 65/103
Media gateways: in the network
H04L 65/1069
Session management: session establishment or de-establishment
H04L 65/612
For supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio: for unicast

Family

Application09/742,872Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Dec 2000

US 2004/0208170 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Oct 2004

US 6,769,020 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2001/0023428 A1Published application

US 7,444,391 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Data terminal, data distribution system, and internet telephone system

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Data terminal, data distribution system, and internet telephone system

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Abstract

Claims15