Patent ID: 6397057
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method for providing requested information from an informational fulfillment center to a caller through a public wireless telecommunications network having a wireless telecommunications transmitting and receiving device consisting of the steps of:prompting a caller through advertising media to access an informational fulfillment center by providing a non-numeric character-based access code to said caller; initiating a call to said informational fulfillment center through dialing of said non-numeric character-based access code into said wireless telecommunications transmitting and receiving device; switching said call from said public wireless telecommunications network to a public switch telephone network by directly translating said non-numeric character-based access code to a public switch telephone network number to direct said call to said informational fulfillment center, wherein said step of switching further comprises the step of directly reversing the billing charges for said public wireless telecommunications network from the caller to said informational fulfillment center; and delivering said requested information as designated by said non-numeric character-based access code to said caller from said informational fulfillment center through said wireless telecommunications transmitting and receiving device.