Patent ID: 6977997
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telephone communication system for providing a communication terminal, which is a subscriber of a communication company, with a piece of advertisement information via a telephone network of a facility associated with the communication company, wherein the communication terminal includes means for transmitting user-related information and means for receiving the piece of advertisement information, wherein the facility includes means for storing pieces of advertisement information, means for retrieving a particular piece of advertisement information from the storing means, means for receiving the user-related information from the communication terminal, and means for transmitting the retrieved piece of advertisement information to the communication terminal, wherein the retrieving means of the facility performs a retrieval procedure on the basis of the user-related information sent from the communication terminal, wherein when the communication terminal sends a telephone number specifying a call receiving terminal to the facility of the communication company, the communication terminal also transmits the user-related information to the facility of the communication company, and wherein the user-related information includes at least one of information about preference of a user who utilizes the communication terminal, history of information distribution to the user, and position information of the user.