Appeal No. 96-0667
Application 08/061,249
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1 through 12, all of the claims pending in the
application.
The invention is directed to a communication system for
a pay telephone. More particularly, advertising materials for
selected business locations, along with toll-free telephone
numbers for those business locations, are located adjacent pay
telephones. Data is recorded regarding the use of such toll-free
telephone numbers and a statement is then sent to each of the
selected businesses for the cost of each telephone call, as well
as the cost of the toll-free service and the cost of advertising
associated with each pay telephone. In this manner, business
operators are provided with information concerning the cost and
effectiveness of advertising for each pay telephone so that less
effective pay telephone locations can be dropped or changes in
advertising materials can be made.
Claims 1 through 6 relate to pay telephones and claims
7 through 12 relate to "smart" pay telephones.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method of communication with a pay telephone
connected to selected business locations through a local
telephone carrier and a long distance telephone carrier:
assigning a separate 1+800-XXX telephone number to each business
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