Touchtone Message Transmission Patents (Class 379/906)
  • Patent number: 6687341
    Abstract: A communication network for providing customized information content via a telephone. The network includes a database storing a profile of the customized information content, and a server in communication with the database for generating an audio-based interface document of the customized information content based on the profile. The network also includes an AIN in communication with the server and in communication with the telephone. The AIN may include a SSP switch, a service control point (SCP), and an intelligent resource server. The intelligent resource server maps incoming telephone calls to the SSP switch to the audio-based interface document generated by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Koch, Arnold Chester McQuaide, Jr.