Telephony Content Delivery via Call Initiation Interception
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunication networks lack a method to utilize the information exchanged during the initialization of a telephony connection request for providing enhanced functionality to users without incurring usage charges.
Innovation Solution
A content delivery system that extracts and rejects the connection request information to identify and deliver relevant content associated with user tasks, leveraging the 'free' initiation phase of a call to execute desired tasks without establishing a full connection, thereby avoiding usage fees.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a connection request is transmitted to initiate a telephony connection, then the user can access communication services, but the user incurs usage charges for the connection
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential call request information (originating device ID, destination node ID) needed to identify the user and deliver content, separating this extraction from the full connection establishment process. This allows the system to obtain user identification data without completing a charged connection.
Solution Approach 2:
The content delivery system performs content identification and preparation during the initiation phase before the connection is fully established. By delivering content prior to connection completion, the system avoids incurring usage charges while still providing the user with the desired information or service.
2Loss of energy
If call request information is transmitted free of charge during connection initiation, then the user benefits from free information transmission, but there is no method to utilize this information for enhanced functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The content delivery system is designed to handle multiple types of content delivery (SMS, email, web postings, push notifications) through a single unified process that leverages the free call request information. The system can identify and deliver various forms of content based on the extracted user identification data, providing enhanced functionality across multiple service types without requiring separate charged connections.
3Loss of energy
If the connection request is rejected during initiation phase, then usage charges are avoided, but the connection between devices is not completed
Solution Approach 1:
The content delivery system acts as an intermediary that intercepts the call request information during the initiation phase, extracts the necessary user identification data, and delivers content through alternative channels. This mediator approach allows the system to obtain user information without completing the original connection, thereby avoiding usage charges while still providing the desired service through a different pathway.
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AI summary
A system and method for utilizing information exchanged during an initiation phase (i.e., the "ringing" phase) of a conventional telephone connection request received from a telephony device, in order to identify and provide a user with content or enhanced services. In a convention telephone call the connection request includes information that identifies the user and/or telephony device that placed the phone call (the originating number) and the dialed phone number (the signaling number). The connection request is rejected and the call is terminated Prior to termination of the call the originating dumber and/or signaling number are extracted and used to identify a task that is desired by a user; content associated with the task is delivered to the user.