Telephone-based selection, ordering, and billing of digital content delivered via a network
US7184526B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/0164
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A content delivery system for delivering digital multimedia content to a premise appliance of a user comprises an intelligent voice response (IVR) unit which is responsive via a public switched telephone network to a premise telephone of the user. The IVR unit presents a predetermined menu for selecting a transaction to receive the digital multimedia content. The IVR unit also obtains an identification of the user (such as the user's telephone number via automatic number identification or caller ID). A content server is coupled to the IVR unit for transferring the digital multimedia content to the premise appliance. A telephone billing system is coupled to the IVR unit or the content server. The telephone billing system creates a call record corresponding to the selected transaction and to a telephone billing account corresponding to the user identification. The call record contains usage information for the transaction which can later be used by the billing system to determine a charge for the transaction. The content server signals the billing system in the event of an incomplete transmission for adjusting the call record.
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