CN1241381C - Atomatic exchange of electronic information - Google Patents

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CN1241381C
CN1241381C CN01812003.2A CN01812003A CN1241381C CN 1241381 C CN1241381 C CN 1241381C CN 01812003 A CN01812003 A CN 01812003A CN 1241381 C CN1241381 C CN 1241381C
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Abstract

The present invention provides a novel system, method and apparatus for exchanging electronic information during a voice telephone call. A subscriber during a voice telephone call can provide subscriber-input to their telephone or to request a transfer of electronic information to one or more other subscribers during a voice telephone call. The present invention thus obviates the need for manually transcribing electronic information such as email addresses, facsimile number or web-page addresses during a voice telephone call.

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The automatic exchange of electronic information
Technical field
The present invention relates in telecommunication system, provide the system and method that strengthens feature.In particular, the present invention relates to automatic exchange in the electronic information between the user during the voice telephone calls.
Background technology
The structure that is changing network of old, the private switched telephone network (" PSTN ") that is used to transmit voice and the convergent positive maximum of the more modern packet network that is used to transmit data and rely on the service of these networks.Therefore, now may be with communicating such as various services such as voice, web browser, fax or Emails for the personal user.
In fact, the user utilizes not only a kind of service to communicate on network usually.When face-to-face meet, user's exchange usually is printed on about the business card of personal information each other, comprises telephone number, website, fax number and e-mail address.The user can select to convert this written information to electronic form so that use later on by this information is input in its computer or the personal digital assistant.This processing may be plodding, and has caused trial to carry out the use of the business card scan device of optical character identification (OCR) on business card.
Wherein user's exchange Email, or visit website each other, just not too dull in this locality foundation and storage then about electronic information process each other.Email and based on network data, services especially, allow the user to clip and paste various personal information from an application program rapidly to the Another application program, and keep the local copy of this information with electronic form.
Yet, be very plodding when the user comes exchange of personal information by voice telephone calls startup contact each other at present.Each user of present specification requirement is with hand-written or transcribe most of personal information about other users by the mode artificially of typewriting on the keyboard.When in conjunction with personal computer, caller identification (caller-id) but assisting calling person's the name and the electronics of telephone number transcribe, but other practicality is limited.The transcribing of e-mail address, network address and other personal information is still artificial finishing.In addition, the exchange such as more details such as map, catalogue or alternative documents between the user is prevented from, and is exchanged up to network address, e-mail address or fax number.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide system and method, at least one shortcoming in the above-mentioned shortcoming of elimination or minimizing prior art by the novelty of communication link exchange electronic information.
In one embodiment of the invention, the system that is used for exchange electronic information is provided, this system comprises and is used to implement voice telephone calls and receive first voice terminal of user's input and the data terminal that is associated with the user of first voice call, is used for receiving and presents data and give the user.System also comprises second voice terminal that is used to implement voice telephone calls and receives user's input, and the network of interconnected all terminals.Network comprises long-time memory, the electronic information that is used to store the electronic address of data terminal and is sent to the user of second voice terminal.Network also comprises processing unit, this processing unit receives the predetermined user input according to second voice terminal, between described first and second voice terminals, when call, be used for transmission electronic information to data terminal, wherein said electronic information comprises at least one among the following stated user of described second voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number and telephone number.
Data terminal can be the personal computer of operation Email client, is connected to network by e-mail server.Each voice terminal can be POTS (common old telephone system) phone, or it can be the radio telephone such as mobile phone.As used herein, term voice terminal and/or data terminal are also referred to as subscriber station.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the method that is used for exchange electronic information in network is provided, may further comprise the steps:
At the conduction voice telephone calls and receive first voice terminal and the conduction voice telephone calls of user's input and receive and finish voice call between second voice terminal of user's input and connect; And
Obtain being used for electronic address data terminal and that be used to receive and bring data that is associated with described first voice terminal; And
When described when being connected between described first and second voice terminals, receive the predetermined user input according to second voice terminal, transmission electronic information is respectively to the user and the described data terminal of described second voice terminal, wherein be sent to the described user's of described second voice terminal described electronic information, comprise at least one among the following stated user of described second voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number, and telephone number.
This method also can comprise a step, behind transmitting step, receives electronic information and handles electronic information according to user's preferential selection in data terminal.
Electronic information can, for example, be embedded in the main body of e-mail address or as one group of dtmf tone coding, can be decoded by data terminal, for example wherein data terminal is the computer with modulator-demodulator of the dtmf tone that is used to decode.
Data terminal and voice terminal can be integrated in the independent device, for example have the mobile phone of network function, or have the phone of the feature-rich of multi-thread display.
Electronic information can comprise any information that need send to another user.For example, electronic information can comprise e-mail address, address, station address, fax number or telephone number.Exchanged the electronic information of basic level, e-mail address for example should consider that various application programs can be used for allowing the user to carry out its voice telephone calls and exchange simultaneously and/or see electronic information.For example, the present invention is useful especially to the consumer who carries out business transaction by phone in expection, because transaction is approved really to be sent to consumer's data terminal automatically.For example, wherein the consumer is the traveller, and enterprise is a travel agency, and traveller's route can be sent to this traveller automatically so, or is selecting the various scheduled periods to be checked by the traveller simultaneously.In addition, wherein the consumer just concludes the business by phone and financial institution, and consumer's financial transaction is approved really automatically by this consumer that sends to of electronics then.
The present invention also provides a kind of system that is used for exchange electronic information, comprising: first jockey is used to be connected to first voice terminal; Second jockey is used to be connected to the data terminal that is associated with the user of described first voice terminal; The 3rd jockey is used to be connected to second voice terminal, and persistent storage is stored the user's of described second voice terminal electronic information; And processing unit, interconnected described first, second and the 3rd jockey, when call between described first and second voice terminals, receive the predetermined user input according to second voice terminal, described processing unit is retrieved described electronic information, and transmit described electronic information to described data terminal, wherein be sent to the described user's of second voice terminal described electronic information, comprise at least one among the following stated user of described second voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number, and telephone number.
The invention provides novel system and method and be used for exchange electronic information during voice telephone calls.The user can provide the user to be input to its phone or ask transmission electronic information to one or more other users during voice telephone calls during the voice telephone calls.Therefore the present invention has eliminated needs artificial electronic information of transcribing such as e-mail address, fax number or web page address during voice telephone calls.
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The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described now, a mode with example, with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the diagram that is used for the system of exchange electronic information according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the method that is used for exchange electronic information according to another embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the diagram of the system that is used for exchange electronic information according to another embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 4 is the diagram of the system that is used for exchange electronic information according to another embodiment of the invention.
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With reference now to Fig. 1,, the system that is used for exchange electronic information according to an embodiment of the invention is designated as 20 by general.System 20 comprises public communication network 24, and PSTN for example, its interconnect services merchant provide node 28a and 28b, for example telephone company switch, central station and/or wireless base station.Otherwise each all is connected at least one user node 32 by communication link 36 service provider's node 28.Wherein service provider's node 28 is telephone company switch, communication link 36 is normally wired then, yet communication link 36 also can be wireless, because for example, wherein service provider's node 28 is base stations in wireless local loop or cell phone system.
As shown in Figure 1, two user node 32a and 32b are arranged in the present embodiment, be connected respectively to service provider node 28a and 28b are provided.(should consider that system 20 generally includes a plurality of user nodes except that node 32a and 32b.) as used herein, term " caller " or " calling " mean a calling that starts at one of user node 32.Similarly, term " callee " means the calling that is received by one of user node.For example, wherein user node 32a is " caller ", and user node 32b is " callee " so.
In the present embodiment, each user node 32 comprises interconnected telephone handset 44, monitor 48 or other user's output equipments, and the microprocessor 40 of keyboard 52 or other user input devices.Should be appreciated that the element replacement that the various elements in the user node 32 can be equal in fact, and/or be incorporated in the independent intelligent apparatus, for example the phone of personal digital assistant and/or feature-rich.
Utilize telephone handset 44, but the audio call that microprocessor 40 operational processes transmit on public communication network 24.Similarly, utilize keyboard 52 and monitor 48, but at least a data, services of microprocessor 40 operational processes, and for example Email is used for transmitting on communication network 24.As following more detailed explanation, microprocessor 40 also is operable in the information of the data, services of obtaining relevant other user nodes 32 during the audio call automatically.
System 20 also comprises the electronic information object 56 of getting in touch with each user node 32, and it resides in service provider's node 28 of corresponding its user node 32 usually.Electronic information object 56 normally comprises about the data file in the personal information of each user node 32.In the present embodiment, this personal information comprises the e-mail address of its relative users node 32 at least.Yet data object 56 also can comprise other personal information, for example the personal information of finding on business card usually, for example name, address, telephone number, fax number and the network address of the user node 32 of corresponding data object 56.
Method referring now to Fig. 2 discussion exchange electronic information according to another embodiment of the present invention.In order to assist to explain embodiments of the invention, with reference to the system 20 of aforementioned discussion.In step 100, start audio call in any common mode.For example, at the receiver 44a of user node 32a by off-hook and dial a number.In order to explain present embodiment, suppose that the telephone number of user node 32b is dialed.The node 28a of this serviced provider of number of dialing handles, and it utilizes public communication network 24 so that the node 28b of contact service provider, and it sends ringing signal conversely to user node 32b and make telephone set 44b jingle bell.
Next, in step 105, the calling that starts in step 100 is established, and the voice connection is done.Continue this example, telephone set 44b is replied, and finishes the audio call between user node 32a and user node 32b like this.Because of this understanding starts and the step of finishing the audio call between user node 32a and the 32b can otherwise take place, for example, calling can be activated at user node 32b.
Method advances to step 110 then, and wherein the request of exchange electronic information is received.In this preferred embodiment, should consider that the request of exchange electronic information can be activated at subscriber station 32a or subscriber station 32b.Such request can be: 1) send electronic information object 56a to subscriber station 32b and/or 2) send electronic information object 56b to subscriber station 32a.
Continue this example, utilize the flicker key (flash-key) on the telephone set 44a to realize request, it is " attention " signal that sends to service provider's node 28a, so that the node 28a of notification service provider wishes to be invoked at the call features that service provider's node 28a can use the user of user node 32a.To the use of flicker key (flash-key) succeeded by predetermined dialing sequence.(preferably Yu Ding order is not used in calling of other call features at present, for example 3 the tunnel calls out.) for example, the flicker key (flash-key) use can succeeded by *222 so that request electronic information object 56a is sent to subscriber station 32b, or *333 so that request electronic information object 56b is sent to subscriber station 32a, or *444 so that request electronic information object 56a is sent to subscriber station 32b and electronic information object 56b is sent to subscriber station 32a.Therefore, service provider's node 28a has received the request of electronic information exchange now.
Method advances to step 115 then, and wherein actual electronic information is transmitted according to the request that receives in step 110.Therefore, be included in that data among the electronic information object 56a are transferred to subscriber station 32b and/or the data that are included among the electronic information object 56b are transferred to subscriber station 32a suitably the time.
Transmission can take place in every way.For example, utilize the suitable variation of existing caller's identification (caller-id) technology, electronic information object 56a can be encoded into a series of dtmf tones by the serviced node 28a of provider, is connected at voice then to send, and is running in the software decode on the microprocessor 40b then.Utilize this method, be expected between the dtmf tone transmission period to weaken the sound of receiver at telephone set 44a and telephone set 44b.
Yet the transmission of electronic information object 56 can realize in various other modes.For example, for transmission electronic information object 56a gives user node 32b, can inquire about electronic information object 56b so that the e-mail address of calling party node 32b at the software of service provider's node 28a operation.After having obtained the e-mail address of user node 32b, the one group of complete electronic information that is stored among the electronic information object 56a can only send to user node 32b by Email.Therefore, wherein communication link 36b is the voice call circuit with DSL Internet service, and the Email that comprises the information among the electronic information object 56a will arrive microprocessor 40b so that use at user node 32b by the DSL link on the voice call circuit.(therefore clearly, usually, link 36 can be operated and transmit voice-and-data, and can implement in every way.For example, the phonological component of link 36 can be a wire link, and the data division of link 36 can be by cable-modulator-demodulator.In addition, link 36 can be to operate the Radio Link that transmits the voice-and-data channel.Other enforcement meetings of link 36 are expected by those skilled in the art.)
Other transmission electronic information objects 56 can be expected by those skilled in the art and within the scope of the present invention to the device of other user nodes 32.
Method advances to step 120 then, and wherein electronic information is received and handles, and therefore finishes the transmission in step 115.For example, microprocessor 40b receives the information be included among the electronic information object 56a and it is stored in the long-time memory with microprocessor 40b this locality.Canned data can be used with the interactive user of the application program that operates in user node 32b then, so that send Email or fax to user node 32a, or visit belongs to the webpage of user node 32a.
In case should be appreciated that user node 32b the e-mail address (or vice versa) of user node 32a is arranged, in fact the electronic information of any kind can be at station 32a, be sent out (automatically or according to each user's request) between the 32b, this dependence operates in the application program of each subscriber station 32a, 32b.For example, wherein subscriber station 32a is the individual consumer, and subscriber station 32b is a travel agency, and the software application that operates in so on the subscriber station 32b can will comprise complete itinerary, confirms a reservation, and E-ticket etc. offer the consumer.
Although the demonstration among the embodiment (being labeled as system 20) of figure shown in the l with the telephone handset 44 that operates in the email client software this locality on the microprocessor 40, should be appreciated that telephone handset 44 does not need and email client software this locality in other embodiments of the invention.For example, another embodiment is shown and is labeled as system 220 in Fig. 3.Element in the identical system 220 of element basic and in the system 20 has the reference signs 200 greater than the reference signs of the element in the system 20.As shown in Figure 3, system 220 comprises mobile handset 244c, and it is connected to network node 228c by Radio Link 236c.Therefore, in the present embodiment, network node 228c is the wireless base station.Mobile handset 244c is associated with electronic information object 256a and user node 232a.In the present embodiment, user node 232a comes down to move the data terminal of email client software program.(this email client software is connected to e-mail server by being connected to network 224 usually, and this skilled in the art will recognize that.) be stored among the electronic information object 256a about the electronic information (for example telephone number of the e-mail address of user node 232a and hand-held set 244c) of mobile handset 244c and node 232a.During the voice telephone calls between mobile handset 244c and hand-held set 244b, data about information object 256a and 256b can be exchanged between node 232a and 232b, the mode that the mode of exchange and the method among Fig. 2 are discussed is basic identical, has suitable modification.For example, utilize the thump on hand-held set 244c (key-strokes) of predefine series, instruction can be sent to network node 228c, the e-mail address that this software that causes operating in network node 228c comes Query Information object 256b and obtains user node 232b.Next, network node 228c can utilize this e-mail address that user node 232b is arrived in information object 256a electronic mail.Next, as required, can use content information object 256a directly to arrange electronic reciprocal effect with user node 232a, for example send information to user node 232a by Email the user of user node 232b.Other configurations of voice hand-held set and the email client software that is associated with the specific user now obviously, combination and/or arrange and can be implemented as required.
Another embodiment of the present invention is shown as the system 320 among Fig. 4.Element in the identical system 320 of element basic and in the system 20 has the reference signs 300 greater than the reference signs of the element in the system 20.System 320 comprises first network node, and it is e-mail server 328a in the present embodiment.Conversely, e-mail server 328a is connected to subscriber station, and it is the data terminal 332a of operation email client software program in the present embodiment.
System 320 also comprises two other network nodes, and it is PSTN switch 328b and 328c in the present embodiment.E-mail server 328a and PSTN switch 328b and 328c are interconnected by network 324, its combine in the present embodiment PSTN be used to transmit speech business and the Internet be used for the data services function.
PSTN switch 328c storage comprises caller's identification (Caller ID) object 390a of the e-mail address of data terminal 332a.
Each passes through link 336c PSTN switch 328b and 328c, and 336b (dividing other) is connected to voice terminal, and it is POTS phone 344c and 344b (dividing other) in the present embodiment.A plurality of electronic information object 356a, 356b and 356c that PSTN switch 328b storage is associated with POTS phone 344b.Each information object 356a, 356b and 356c can comprise the information of any kind as required, and can be configured and/or by the user definition at POTS phone 334b.For example, information object 356a can cover the user's of POTS phone 334b the map of direction of guard station; Information object 356b can comprise a complete business card of the user's telephone number, e-mail address and the address that are included in POTS phone 334b; Information object 356c can wrap family's photo.Yet, should be emphasized that to have any amount of information object 356 and each information object 356 can comprise the information of any needs.
In operation, dial the telephone number of POTS phone 334b the caller of POTS phone 344c.PSTN switch 328c collects the numeral of dialing from POTS phone 344c, is connected to PSTN switch 328b so that make POTS phone 344b begin jingle bell by network 324.During being connected to PSTN switch 328b, caller's identification (CallerID) object 390a is sent to PSTN switch 328b and is stored in that so that use later on.Next, POTS phone 344b is replied, and the voice telephone calls between POTS phone 344c and 344b is established.During voice telephone calls, send electrical information to user at POTS phone 344c in the user of POTS phone 344b decision.In the present embodiment, on POTS phone 344b " flicker " key realizes by pressing for this, and it obtains the attention of PSTN switch 328b.At this moment, PSTN switch 328b weakens the sound of the receiver of POTS phone 344c usually, and sends dialing tone and obtain therefrom to instruct to the receiver of POTS phone 344b.Providing a) then the user of POTS phone 344b, indication PSTN switch 328b sends information object 356 to data terminal 332a and b) select to send to information object 356a, which the user of 356b or 356c imports.For example: key sequence *331 can be used for sending information object 356a; Key sequence *332 can be used for sending information object 356b; Key sequence *333 can be used for sending information object 356c.Yet, can use any key sequence.
Should be appreciated that, rely on the function of POTS phone 344b and PSTN switch 328b, the indication of any kind transmission information object 356 can be used to user's input of data terminal 332a so.For example, wherein PSTN switch 328b can operate the reception phonetic order, and the user at POTS phone 344b can send the transmission of phonetic order with indication information object 356 then.
In order to explain embodiments of the invention, suppose user's enter key sequence at POTS phone 344b *332, therefore indication sends information object 356b to data terminal 332a.Next, PSTN switch 328b uses this instruction to prepare email message, utilizes before from flow the e-mail address of the data terminal 332a that takes passages from caller's identification (Caller ID) of POTS phone 344c.The sub-email message of preparing embeds wherein information object 356b or appends to the there.
After having prepared email message, it is sent to e-mail server 328a via network 324, and wherein it becomes and can be the email client software reproduction that operates in data terminal 332a then.
At this moment, but the receiver of PSTN switch 328b automatic reactivation POTS phone 344c and the complete voice that rebulid between POTS phone 344c and the 344b connect.In addition, PSTN switch 328b can wait for before connecting from the more user's input (for example, further pressing " flicker " key) the user of POTS phone 344b setting up complete voice.
Should be appreciated that the various elements in the system 320 can revise or replace and still obtain as required same function with being changed.In addition, although 320 of systems have shown a data terminal 332a who is associated with POTS phone 344c, should be appreciated that second data terminal 332 can be added to system 320 and is associated with POTS phone 344b.Similarly, a plurality of information objects can be associated with POTS phone 344c, and e-mail address can be embedded in the caller who is associated with POTS phone 344b identification (Caller ID) stream of exhalation.
Although the embodiment purpose that discuss in this place is a particular implementation of the present invention, should be appreciated that the combination of embodiment, subclass and change are within the scope of the present invention.For example, may need to increase various security features is not noted with the information object 56 of guaranteeing a user node 32 or is transferred to other user nodes 32 unintentionally to system 20.
Only may need information object 56 with whole caller to be embedded into and send between the starting period in caller's identification (caller-id) stream of callee's user node 32, eliminate needs like this request of the electronic information exchange that is used for step 110 at voice telephone calls.Yet, expect secret feature, for example calling out the ability that hinders information object 56 transmission between the starting period, for example also can be comprised in the system.
May also need to increase of the transmission of certain other secret/security features to electronic information.For example, utilize any known encryption technology electronic information object possibility encrypted during the transmission.In addition, electronic information possibility quilt and digital signature are transmitted together, and it can be used for the source of the person's of being accepted verification electronic information.
The present invention may be used to allow the user to create and upgrade its oneself telephone directory book.This telephone directory may be stored on the data terminal that is positioned at network node or with the data terminal of user's voice terminal this locality on.The application program that is associated with this telephone directory can be used for allowing the user to settle call automatically, under the situation that need not remember any telephone number.Utilize any known synthetic transducer from the literal to voice, telephone directory can " be read aloud " by voice terminal and give the user, allows the user to utilize Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menu system to select the number that will dial.Utilize the synthetic converter system of this literal to voice, obvious aforesaid change predicted avoid need with an enforcement of the present invention of the data terminal of user's voice terminal this locality.In addition, the data terminal that is associated with the user's voice terminal can present the graphic user interface that allows the user to select the number that will dial.
By allowing the caller to stay its information object 56, may need to revise the present invention as leaving callee's a part or voice mail message in addition for.Operate in software on the data terminal of callee's subscriber station and can be used for writing down all and enter calling, the relevant electronic information that enters is associated.
The present invention can be modified and be used for TDD or the TDY device that the hearing impairment user uses.
Should consider that the present invention can be modified is used for during the Conference Calling of n road (n-way), to allow a plurality of user's exchange electronic information.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the various elements of system 20 can be modified or change realizes same function.For example, the electronic information object needn't reside in service provider's node 28, but can reside in, for example, and user node 32.
The invention provides novel system, method and apparatus is used for exchange electronic information.The present invention has simplified the processing of exchange electronic information during voice telephone calls, e-mail address for example, therefore fax number and web page address allow the user accurately and be easy to the such electronic information of exchange and need do not transcribe each other electronic information to write with other modes.
Above-mentioned embodiments of the invention are attempted as example of the present invention, and under the situation that does not depart from the scope of the present invention that is only defined by claims, those skilled in the art may change and revise it.

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1. be used for the system of exchange electronic information, comprise:
First voice terminal is used to implement voice telephone calls and receives user's input;
Data terminal is associated with described first voice terminal and is used for receiving and presenting data;
Second voice terminal is used to implement voice telephone calls and receives user's input; And,
Network, itself and described first voice terminal and described second voice terminal are interconnected, described network comprises long-time memory, the electronic information that is used to store the electronic address of described data terminal and is sent to the user of described second voice terminal, described network also comprises a processing unit, this processing unit receives the predetermined user input according to second voice terminal, between described first and second voice terminals, when call, be used to transmit described electronic information to described data terminal, wherein said electronic information comprises at least one among the following stated user of described second voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number and telephone number.
2. system according to claim 1, wherein, described data terminal is a facsimile machine, described electronic address comprises the fax number of corresponding described facsimile machine.
3. system according to claim 1, wherein, described data terminal comprises an email client that is connected with described network by e-mail server; Its electronic address is an e-mail address, and described electronic information is sent to described email client as email message.
4. system according to claim 1 also comprises second data terminal that is associated with the user of described second voice terminal; The electronic information that described long-time memory is used for further storing the electronic address of described second data terminal and is used to store the user of corresponding described first voice terminal; Described this processing unit receives the predetermined user input according to first voice terminal, between described voice terminal, when call, transmit described user and described second data terminal that described electronic information branch is clipped to described first voice terminal, wherein be sent to the described user's of described first voice terminal described electronic information, comprise at least one among the following stated user of described first voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number and telephone number.
5. system according to claim 1, wherein, described network comprises first network node that is connected to described first voice terminal and second network node that is connected to described second voice terminal; Described long-time memory has a part that resides in described first network node, in order to store described electronic address; Described long-time memory has a remainder that resides in described second network node, in order to store described electronic information.
6. system according to claim 5, wherein, at least one comprises the PSTN switch of accommodating described processing unit in the described network node.
7. system according to claim 1, wherein, with described electronic information as dtmf tone coding with transmit, the described data terminal described dtmf tone that is used to decode.
8. system according to claim 1, wherein, described first voice terminal comprises radio telephone.
9. system according to claim 8, wherein, described radio telephone comprises mobile radiotelephone.
10. system according to claim 1, wherein, described first voice terminal comprises the POTS phone.
11. system according to claim 1, wherein, described first voice terminal and described data terminal are integrated in the independent device.
12. be used for method, may further comprise the steps in the network exchange electronic information:
At the conduction voice telephone calls and receive first voice terminal and the conduction voice telephone calls of user's input and receive and finish voice call between second voice terminal of user's input and connect;
The retrieve electronic address is used for the data terminal that is associated with described first voice terminal and is used for receiving and presenting data; And
When described when being connected between described first and second voice terminals, receive the predetermined user input according to second voice terminal, transmission electronic information is respectively to the user and the described data terminal of described second voice terminal, wherein be sent to the described user's of described second voice terminal described electronic information, comprise at least one among the following stated user of described second voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number, and telephone number.
13. method according to claim 12 also comprises the steps, after described transmitting step, receives described electronic information in described data terminal, and handles described electronic information according to user's preferential selection.
14. method according to claim 12, wherein, described data terminal comprises facsimile machine.
15. method according to claim 12, wherein, described data terminal comprises the email client that is connected with described network by e-mail server; Its electronic address is an e-mail address, and described electronic information is sent to described email client as email message.
16. method according to claim 12 also comprises the step of the electronic information that is associated with described first voice terminal of transmission to second data terminal that is associated with described second voice terminal.
17. method according to claim 12, wherein, with described electronic information as dtmf tone coding with transmit, the described data terminal described dtmf tone that is used to decode.
18. method according to claim 12, wherein, described first voice terminal comprises radio telephone.
19. method according to claim 18, wherein, described radio telephone comprises mobile radiotelephone.
20. method according to claim 12, wherein, described first voice terminal comprises the POTS phone.
21. method according to claim 12, wherein, described first voice terminal and described data terminal are integrated in the independent device.
22. method according to claim 12 comprises an additional step, after described transmitting step, receives described electronic information in described data terminal, and stores described electronic information.
23. be used for the system of exchange electronic information, comprise:
First jockey is used to be connected to first voice terminal;
Second jockey is used to be connected to the data terminal that is associated with the user of described first voice terminal;
The 3rd jockey is used to be connected to second voice terminal, and persistent storage is stored the user's of described second voice terminal electronic information; And
Processing unit, interconnected described first, second and the 3rd jockey, when call between described first and second voice terminals, receive the predetermined user input according to second voice terminal, described processing unit is retrieved described electronic information, and transmit described electronic information to described data terminal, wherein be sent to the described user's of second voice terminal described electronic information, comprise at least one among the following stated user of described second voice terminal: e-mail address, postal address, fax number, and telephone number.
24. system according to claim 23, wherein, described system comprises the PSTN switch.
25. system according to claim 23, wherein, with described electronic information as dtmf tone coding with transmit, the described data terminal described dtmf tone that is used to decode.
26. system according to claim 23, wherein, described node comprises the wireless base station, and described first jockey is a wireless transceiver.
27. system according to claim 23, wherein, described second jockey, be one with operate in described data terminal on the data of the e-mail server that links to each other of email client be connected, described electronic information is transmitted with the form of Email.
28. system according to claim 23, wherein, described the 3rd jockey is one to PSTN connection, and described PSTN is connected to described second voice terminal.
29. system according to claim 23, wherein, described data terminal comprises personal digital assistant.
30. system according to claim 23, wherein, described data terminal comprises personal computer.
31. system according to claim 23, wherein, described data terminal and described first voice terminal are integrated in the independent intelligent apparatus.
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