Method of making available content resources to users of a telephone network

US6243443A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Colin Low · Smoketree Road, GB
• Andrew Franklin Seaborne · Bristol, GB
• Nicolas Bouthors · Annonay, FR
• Ulf Beyschlag · Le Pont-de-Claix, FR
• Nicolas Raguideau · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S379/90
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Content items (49) are held on Internet servers (51) with each item being locatable at a corresponding URI and having an associated identifying number ("1234567") that can be input using a telephone keypad. A PSTN is provided with an intelligent peripheal (70) that has connectivity with the Internet (50). To access a particular content item (49), a telephone user (A) inputs a service designator code ("333") followed by the identifying number ("1234567") of the required content item (49). The intelligent peripheral (70) translates the input identifying number to the URI of the required item. This URI is then used by the intelligent peripheral (70) to retrieve the required content item and deliver it to the telephone user (A), typically as a speech rendition of the item.