Patent ID: 6952469
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting and receiving a message using a caller ID, comprising: a first communications device having an embedded circuit to receive, modulate, and transmit information from an information provider, the information comprising an advertisement message; a cable/mobile communication company switching device configured to receive the information from the first communications device and provide access to a communication network for the first communications device, the cable/mobile communication company switching device having an embedded circuit for demodulating the information and transmitting the information and at least one of a telephone number and name of the information provider as caller ID data; and a subscriber device configured to receive the information and the at least one of the telephone number and name of the information provider from the first communications device through the cable/mobile communication company switching device and the communication network as caller ID data when a ring signal is generated by die cable/mobile communication company switching device to the subscriber device, the subscriber device having an embedded circuit to demodulate the caller ID data, and a display unit to display the information and the at least one of the telephone number and name of the information provider; wherein the first communicating device comprises a character inputting unit adapted to input the information in an on-hook state, and wherein the first communication device is adapted to occupy a telephone line and to send a ring signal when a predetermined button on the character inputting unit is keyed while in an off-hook state.