Patent ID: 6678365
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone information service system that allows user to select and use various service items from a menu of a host system by telephone, comprising in the host system:a trigger restarting function for notifying, when a trigger condition for a service item that the user selects is established, the user of the same, and then starting up the target service item a menu customizing function for sequentially providing selected service items to the user without any operations performed on the part of the user according to a selection of service items from a usual menu, wherein said menu customizing function and said trigger restarting function include a menu service section for controlling a menu, a trigger setting service section for setting a trigger, an information updating service section for updating service information, an inbound management section for passing a call from the user to the menu service section, and an outbound management section for dialing a specified telephone number and passing processing to the menu service section after a line is connected.