Patents by Inventor John F. Flannery

John F. Flannery has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030033198
    Abstract: A method and system for providing advertisement services to a user of pre-paid telephony services includes communicating a PIN via a telephone link to a voice response unit, using a PIN-based index of pre-recorded services to generate a valid access request and matching the PIN link to an existing pre-recorded audio service. The person accessing the voice response unit can control telephonic access to the server or merchant who is offering the service or advertisement via telephone keypad instructions transmitted to the voice response unit and passed on to the data management server. The pre-recorded audio services may be, e.g., stored on a server as digital audio source, several control data fields including the PIN range associated with that message, a field for a dial-to number to the Audio Services Provider/Owner and fields to contain accounting numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: John F. Flannery, Edward C. Sweeney, Mark W. Wheeler