Patent ID: RE41472

Claim:
A communication method for providing information in an intelligent network including a transmission layer having a user terminal and a switching system and an intelligent layer issuing a connection command of a line to said transmission layer, said communication method comprising the steps of: registering into at least one database an identification number of the user terminal, an identification number of an equipment for performing an information providing service, and a time to receive the information providing service input, by a user of said user terminal, said at least one database is included in said transmission layer or said intelligent layer, collating a current time with said time to receive the information providing service registered in said at least one database by a timer circuit provided in said transmission layer or said intelligent layer where said at least one database is located; and automatically controlling a connection between said user terminal and said equipment for performing the information providing service when said current time corresponds to said time to receive said information providing service registered in said at least one database as indicated by said collating step.