Claims
- 1. In an electronic classified advertising system, a method for manipulating playback of and responding to a plurality of advertisements selected from the system, each advertisement associated with an advertiser and delivered to a user over a telephone, the method comprising:
- playing a message indicating the number of advertisements selected;
- advancing playback of one of the plurality of advertisements a first predetermined period of time in response to a first user input;
- retreating playback of one of the plurality of advertisements a second predetermined period of time in response to a second user input;
- pausing playback of one of the plurality of advertisements in response to a third user input;
- resuming playback of the paused one of the plurality of advertisements upon expiration of a third predetermined period of time;
- repeating playback of a user selected first subset of the plurality of advertisements in response to a fourth user input, wherein the first subset is less than the number of advertisements;
- skipping playback of a user selected second subset of the plurality of advertisements in response to a fifth user input, wherein the second subset is less than the number of advertisements; and
- directly connecting the user, via the telephone, to the advertiser associated with one of the plurality of advertisements in response to a sixth user input when a predetermined time of day requirement is satisfied.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising repeating playback of the plurality of advertisements in response to a fifth user input.
- 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising skipping playback of one of the plurality of advertisements in response to a sixth user input.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second predetermined periods of time are equal.
- 5. In an electronic classified advertising system, a system for manipulating playback of and responding to a plurality of advertisements selected from the advertising system, each advertisement associated with an advertiser and delivered to a user over a telephone, the system comprising:
- means for playing a message indicating the number of advertisements selected;
- means for advancing playback of one of the plurality of advertisements a first predetermined period of time in response to a first user input;
- means for retreating playback of one of the plurality of advertisements a second predetermined period of time in response to a second user input;
- means for pausing playback of one of the plurality of advertisements in response to a third user input;
- means for resuming playback of the paused one of the plurality of advertisements upon expiration of a third predetermined period of time;
- means for repeating playback of a user selected first subset of the plurality of advertisements in response to a fourth user input, wherein the first subset is less than the number of advertisements;
- means for skipping playback of a user selected second subset of the plurality of advertisements in response to a fifth user input, wherein the second subset is less than the number of advertisements; and
- means for directly connecting the user, via the telephone, to the advertiser associated with one of the plurality of advertisements in response to a sixth user input when a predetermined time of day requirement is satisfied.
- 6. The system of claim 5 further comprising means for repeating playback of the plurality of advertisements in response to a fifth user input.
- 7. The system of claim 5 further comprising means for skipping playback of one of the plurality of advertisements in response to a sixth user input.
- 8. The system of claim 5 wherein the first and second predetermined periods of time are equal.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/370,065 filed Jan. 9, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,882, entitled "Electronic Classified Advertising Interface Method And Instructions With Continuous Search Notification".
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