Ulllted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 6,111,940 Kugell [45] Date of Patent: Aug
US006111940A Ulllted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 6,111,940 Kugell [45] Date of Patent: Aug. 29, 2000 [54] METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEPHONIC 5,311,574 5/1994 Livanos ................................. .. 379/209 SERVICES 5,333,180 7/1994 Brown et al. ...................... .. 379/88.06 5,418,844 5/1995 Morrisey et al. ..................... .. 379/207 [75] Inventor: Stanley Kugell, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 5,740,229 4/1998 Hanson et al. ........................ .. 379/209 5,943,397 8/1999 Gabin et al. ...................... .. 379/213 X [73] Assignee: Pilgrim Telephone, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Primary Examiner—Scott L. Weaver [21] Appl, N()_j 09/189,366 Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Chadbourne & Parke LLP [22] Filed: Nov. 9, 1998 [57] ABSTRACT [51] Int. Cl.7 .................................................... .. H04M 3/42 A method for providing telephonic Services Comprises pro_ Cl- ...................... .. a toll_free access telephone number and receiving Fleld Of Search ................................... .. Signaling or a call made to the ton_free number a 379/245’ 258’ 265’ 8822’ 8823’ 8824’ customer The calling number of the customer number is 88.25, 88.26, 201, 202, 213, 111, 882114, 88.19,8821 d etermlned. ' and the signaling. 1sterm1nated. or the call is. hung ’ up. Thereafter, the customer is called-back and provided [56] References Cited With a dialing prompt Whereby the customer can select a desired service. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,996,705 2/1991 Entenmann et al. .................... .. 379/91 66 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets PROVIDE A TOLL-FREE l ACCESS TELEPHONE NUMBER I I I 200 I I I RECEIVE SIGNALING AT THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER I 201 .14 DETERMINE THE CALLING NUMBER AND ANSWER THE CALL 202 PROVIDE CALL-BACK OPTIONS TO THE CALLER 203 I RECEIVE AN INDICATION OF ONE OR MORE CALL-BACK OPTIONS 204 HANG UP THE TOLL-FREE CALL 205 I CALL BACK IN ACCORDANCE WITH ] SELECTED CALL-BACK OPTIONS ] 206 K I I PROVIDE A DIALING PROMPT ‘ TO THE CALLED-BACK NUMBER 207 U.S.
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