Abstract: A chat service is free when used by an authenticated user of a mobile phone service. If a non-authenticated user attempts to use the chat service, the non-authenticated user may be allowed to access a subset of the chat system's user functions, the non-authenticated user may be allowed to access the chat service but only by also listening to advertisements, the non-authenticated user may not be allowed to access the chat service at all, and/or the non-authenticated user may be provided with an opportunity to become authenticated. Opportunities to become authenticated may include providing that the user may subscribe to a specific mobile phone service, may pay monetary consideration, and/or may provide other consideration, such as information about the user.

Abstract: SMS and telephony end users are associated with media outlets by mapping media outlets to geographic locations associated with telephone numbers, collecting telephone number information from responsive SMS and telephony end users, determining the resulting correspondence, and utilizing the resulting correspondence in furtherance of a business plan or contractual arrangement.

Abstract: Described is a system that relates to purchases of and/or access to remotely located goods, services and information in general, such as through the Internet or by mobile phone devices, including chat services, dating services, matchmaking services, meeting services, access to games and other executable products, access to wallpaper displays and ringtones for phones, news of any type, sports, gaming and betting, weather reports, and in general any and all services, goods and information which may be provided by a telephone device, the Internet or by any means, and which may be paid for by way of text and/or multimedia messaging.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, product and system for insuring the cost and/or replacement of goods and/or services purchased and/or acquired by way of wireline or wireless telephone devices, or through an Internet web site, and for use of said goods and/or services in or with said telephone devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, product and system for correlating advertising efficacy with multimedia methods of marketing, offering for sale, selling and distributing products and services.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of custom made ringtones for use with both mobile wireless phones and wireline phones.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for accommodating a person's desires of meeting, locating and/or attracting others for dating, contact or human discourse, or a person's desires of acquiring certain objects or collectibles, or news in general, or business, financial, or sports/betting information and the like, or any combination thereof, by a person placing or answering an advertisement on the Internet or other public medium, and being appraised of one or more responses thereto by SMS messaging.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for accommodating a person's desires of meeting, locating and/or attracting others for dating, contact or human discourse, or a person's desires of acquiring certain objects or collectibles, or news in general, or business, financial, or sports/betting information and the like, or any combination thereof, by a person placing or answering an advertisement on the Internet or other publicly accessible medium and being appraised of one more responses thereto by SMS, EMS, and/or MMS messaging.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the purchase of goods and/or services, a system therefore and method of conducting business thereby which comprise and/or employ the steps of a caller or would-be purchaser calling a service provider/vendor from a land line or mobile phone device, optionally by way of a toll-free call; determining if the caller is calling from a land line or mobile phone device, and responding accordingly; if it is determined to be a mobile phone device a text or multimedia message being forwarded to the would-be purchaser's mobile phone device relating to the purchase of services and/or goods options and/or terms of procuring services and/or goods; and upon acceptance of the contents of the text or multimedia message, the would-be purchaser or caller is billed or charged a fee which allows the caller's access to telephonic and/or Internet vendor provided services and/or goods for a determined time period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the purchase of goods and/or services, a system therefor and method of conducting business thereby which comprise and/or employ the steps of a caller or would-be purchaser calling a service provider/vendor from a mobile phone device; a text or multimedia message being forwarded to the would-be purchaser's mobile phone device relating to the purchase of services and/or goods options and/or terms of procuring services and/or goods; and upon acceptance of the contents of the text or multimedia message, the would-be purchaser or caller is billed or charged a fee which allows the caller's access to telephonic and/or Internet vendor provided services and/or goods for a determined time period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the purchase of goods and/or services, a system therefor and method of conducting business thereby which comprise and/or employ the steps of a caller or would-be-purchaser calling a service provider/vendor from a mobile phone device; an SMS message being forwarded to the would-be-purchaser's mobile phone device relating to the purchase of services and/or goods options and/or terms of procuring services and/or goods; and upon acceptance of the contents of the SMS message, the would-be-purchaser or caller is billed or charged a fee which allows the caller's access to telephonic and/or Internet vendor provided services and/or goods for a determined time period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a selectively tailored product, method, apparatus, and method of conducting an online vending business comprising an authorization method for electronic purchase transactions. In this invention, a user or would-be purchaser at a terminal, for example, a remote terminal, which may be a telephone or a personal computer, attempting to consummate an electronic purchase transaction at a merchant vendor's online address by presenting, or otherwise inputting, information from a money-transaction card, such as a credit card, actuates or prompts, or causes to be prompted, a probe means, such as an executable computer program, which is effective to seek out and identify various information in an authorization process, inclusive of originating IP address, system local language usage customs, time and date in the local time zone, geographical location, or any other verification information deemed useful to authentication and determination of authorization of the transaction.