Services and transactions in a telephony network
AssigneeStarlogik IP LLC
InventorAri Kahn
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Abstract
At a telephony service location remote from a caller and a call recipient, a request for establishing a connection to the call recipient is received. The request is initiated by the caller specifying a number associated with the call recipient. A call recipient originated command signal is received during a call connected phase, the call recipient originated command signal being a single command that is interpreted by the telephony service without the necessity of any additional command being sent. In response to receiving the call recipient originated command signal, a service or transaction is initiated between the caller and the call recipient other than a standard call connection transaction. The call recipient originated command signal is received from a communication device of the call recipient.
Claims24
A method of conducting a service or transaction between a caller and a call recipient on a telephony network, the method comprising:
- receiving a telephony connection request from a telephone of a caller, the connection request including a symbol prefixed to a telephone number of a call recipient, wherein the symbol is one of a single “*” or a single “#”;
- and
- in response to the connection request, delivering a service or a transaction between the caller and the call recipient other than a standard call connect service.
A telephony service system comprising:
- a telephony service network remote from a caller and a call recipient, the telephony service network configured to:
- receive a telephony connection request from a telephone of a caller, the connection request including a symbol prefixed to a telephone number of a call recipient, wherein the symbol is one of a single “*” or a single “#”;
- and
- in response to the connection request, deliver a service or a transaction between the caller and the call recipient other than a standard call connect service.
A method of conducting a service or transaction between a caller and a call recipient on a telephony network, the method comprising:
- transmitting a telephony connection request from a telephone of a caller, the connection request including a symbol prefixed to a telephone number of a call recipient, wherein the symbol is one of a single “*” or a single “#”;
- and
- in response to the connection request, receiving a service or a transaction between the caller and the call recipient other than a standard call connect service.
A method of conducting a service between a caller and a call recipient on a telephony network, the method comprising:
- in response to the caller selecting a programmed button other than a standard audio call connect button, receiving a telephony connection request from a telephone of the caller, the connection request including a telephone number of the call recipient;
- and
- in response to the connection request, delivering a service between the caller and the call recipient other than a standard audio call connect service.
A method of conducting a service between a caller and a call recipient on a telephony network, the method comprising:
- receiving a connection request from the caller to connect to a call recipient;
- connecting the caller with the call recipient through a standard call connect service in response to the connection request;
- after said connecting step, receiving a command in response to the caller selecting a single dedicated programmed button associated with a service other than an audio call connect service;
- and
- in response to the command, delivering the service other than an audio call connect service between the caller and the call recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.