Telephone system adapted to telemarketing

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, In a merchandising business wherein telephone subscribers' responses are solicited by various commercial advertisements via the television and/or radio media merchandising, agents receive such telephone responses in order to accept requests for goods and services and to expedite deliveries and billings. A telephone system is disclosed wherein a portion of a direct dialled number associated with an advertised product is forwarded to an information server. The information server provides information about the product, such information being displayable at a data display terminal adjacent a merchandising agent's position. In the case where a group of merchandising …