Patent ID: 6829233
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
Apparatus for providing a caller initiating an Internet telephony call with interactive information available at the discretion of the calling party, comprising:an Internet Telephony Service Provider server that receives a calling party number and a dialed number from a subscriber initiating an Internet telephony call, and in response to receiving the calling party number and dialed number, the server setting up an Internet telephony call; a first database linked to the Internet Telephony Service Provider server, said first database containing a table of dialed numbers and associated information blocks, each block containing information related to an associated dialed number; a second database linked to the Internet Telephony Service Provider server, said second database containing a table of calling party numbers and associated information blocks, each block containing information related to an associated calling party; said Internet Telephony Service Provider server querying both the first database and the second database to match at least one of the dialed number and calling party number to information related with each said number and to provide information to the calling party in accordance with the match between at least one of the calling party number and dialed number, which information the calling party may access at its discretion; wherein the information blocks within each of said first and second databases have associated priorities and in the event of a conflict, the Internet Telephony Service Provider server matches the information block to one of the calling party number and dialed number having the highest priority.