Patent ID: 6243443
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of making available content sources to users of a telephone network, said content sources being provided on at least one server connected to a computer network that is generally accessible to users of the telephone network but logically distinct therefrom, and said content sources each being associated with a respective predetermined code and being locatable on said computer network by corresponding known URls; said method including the steps of:(a) during the course of a call involving a user telephone connected to said telephone network, determining conditions indicative that a said content source is to be accessed and thereupon forming the said predetermined code of the required said content source, step (a) involving the use of a number input from said user telephone;(b) mapping said predetermined code to the said known URI of the content source associated with that predetermined code;(c) utilizsing the URI derived in step (b) to access the required content source over said computer network; and(d) transferring content through said networks from said content source to said telephone;steps (a) and (b) being carried out within the telephone network and steps (c) and (d) involving intelligent peripheral functionality of the telephone network.