SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A REMOTE COMPUTER SERVICE PROVIDER USING A TELEPHONE SWITCH

摘要

A system 100 and method for interconnecting a remote computer 102 and a computer service provider 104 via a telephonic switch 122 is provided. The t elephonic switch 122 connects the remote computer 102 to the computer service provider 104 based on information received from the remote computer 102. An adult material circ uit 126 in the telephonic switch 122 detects a request from the remote computer 102 to prohibit access to adult material available on the computer service provider 104. The request may be contained in automatic number identification information or dialed number identification service information. The telephonic switch 122 further compri ses a caller prompting circuit 132 which prompts the remote computer 102 for instructions regarding whether to deny access to adult material. An advertising circuit 136 in the telephonic switch 122 stores advertisements, selects one of the advertisements based on theinformation received from the remote computer 102 an d displays the selected advertisements on the remote computer 102. The telephonic switch 122 further comprises an audio circuit 140 for establishing voice communications between a subscri ber associated with the remote computer 102 and an agent telephonic unit 142 ass ociated with the telephonic switch 122. While voice communications are established betwee n the subscriber and the agent telephonic unit 142, a data link circuit 141 mainta ins a data connection between the telephonic switch 122 and the computer service provid er 104 such that data communications are substantially automatically reestablished upon completion of the voice communications.