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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2002
Diane Banks, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Charles Douglas Blewett, Madison, NJ (US);
Donnie Henderson, Manalapan, NJ (US);
David Millen, Boxford, MA (US);
Diane Banks, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Charles Douglas Blewett, Madison, NJ (US);
Donnie Henderson, Manalapan, NJ (US);
David Millen, Boxford, MA (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing targeted advertising to telephone callers in mid-dial. The invention monitors the dialing activities of a caller. When a caller enters a partial desired telephone number, an embodiment of the present invention receives the partial number and determines whether an advertisement should be presented to the caller. If all of the appropriate conditions are met, a selected advertisement is transmitted to the caller's telephony device and the caller is given the opportunity to respond to the advertisement before the dialing operation completes.