Delivering specialized services to users of phones

摘要

An aspect of the present invention enables users to avail specialized services using missed calls. In one embodiment, a missed call server on receiving an indication that a missed call has been placed by a user to a phone number, determines the specialized service corresponding to the phone number, and then sends a data to the service provider offering the determined service. The service provider then delivers the specialized service (sought to be availed) to the user. One of the specialized services is the delivery of content to the user. Thus, a user is enabled to access different contents by placing missed calls to the appropriate phone numbers.

主权项

1. A method of delivering specialized services to users of phones by a missed call server, said method comprising:
maintaining a setup data related to a plurality of specialized services, each specialized service of said plurality of specialized services having a corresponding plurality of options, said setup data associating each of said corresponding plurality of options to a corresponding phone number, wherein a first specialized service of said plurality of specialized services having a first plurality of options, wherein said setup data associates each of said first plurality of options to a corresponding one of a first plurality of phone numbers, said setup data also indicating that said first specialized service is offered by a first service provider; receiving a first missed call and a second missed call, wherein said first missed call is from a first user to a first phone number of said first plurality of phone numbers, and said second missed call is from a second user to a second phone number of said first plurality of phone numbers; determining, based on said setup data, a first option of said first plurality of options corresponds to said first phone number, and that a second option of said first plurality of options corresponds to said second phone number; and sending data specifying said first option and said second option to said first service provider in view of said setup data indicating that said first service provider is offering said first specialized service with said first option and said second option, said missed call server containing a processor and a memory, said processor executing instructions stored in said memory to perform at least one of said maintaining, said receiving, said determining and said sending.