METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TELEPHONICALLY SELECTING, ADDRESSING, AND DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES

A method and system of selecting, addressing, and distributing messages utilizing an Internet website as the registration and administration means and a database for the address routing means and through the use of a telephone and the associated DTMF signals is disclosed. One embodiment provides a system that looks up an electronic address in an Internet-website created and maintained data table based on the ANI (automatic number identification) provided with an inbound telephone and allows selection of a message, such as a reminder, a promotional message, or a purchase order, through the use of keycodes in the form of DTMF signals generated from a telephone keypad. Upon receiving the keycodes, an e-mail message, a fax message, postal mail contact data, or a time-delayed voice mail message is sent over the Internet or over another communications network or to a datafile.