Patent ID: 6687341
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A communications network for providing customized information content from a content provider via a telephone to a user, comprising:a database storing a profile of the customized information content; a server in communication with the database for generating an audio-based interface document of the customized information content based on the profile, the audio-based interface document including a voice markup language format, and wherein the server accesses the content provider and obtains real time updated information content from the content provider for the interface document; and an AIN in communication with the server, the AIN including: a switch in communication with the telephone for detecting an off-hook immediate trigger associated with the telephone; and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for routing an incoming communication from the telephone to the server when the switch detects the off-hook immediate trigger associated with the telephone and for voicing the content of the audio-based interface document to the user such that the user hears the customized information content instead of a dialtone when the telephone is in an off-hook condition, wherein the switch is further for routing an outgoing communication from the user to a recipient based on detection by the switch of an indication by the user during the voicing of the customized information content by the intelligent resource server to place the outgoing communication to the recipient.