Systems and methods to provide voice connections via local telephone numbers
    1.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods to provide voice connections via local telephone numbers 有权
    通过本地电话号码提供语音连接的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09317855B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-19

    申请号:US11778878

    申请日:2007-07-17

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06Q30/02 H04M15/00

    摘要: Methods and apparatuses to dynamically allocate location dependent telephone numbers to facilitate voice connections between people. One embodiment includes: responsive to a request from a user, selecting a telephone number from a plurality of telephone numbers of a connection server to match a location indicator of the request; embedding the telephone number in an advertisement, the telephone number to be used by the user to initiate a telephone call to the connection server for further connection to an advertiser of the advertisement; and providing the advertisement with the telephone number of the connection server as a response to the request. In one embodiment, responsive to receiving the telephone call at the telephone number of the connection server from the user, whether to play a prompt message to the user is determined based at least in part on statistic data about telephone calls collected at the connection server.

    摘要翻译: 用于动态分配取决于位置的电话号码以促进人们之间的语音连接的方法和装置。 一个实施例包括:响应于来自用户的请求,从连接服务器的多个电话号码中选择电话号码以匹配请求的位置指示符; 将电话号码嵌入到广告中,用户要使用的电话号码发起到连接服务器的电话呼叫,以进一步连接到广告的广告者; 以及向所述广告提供所述连接服务器的电话号码作为对所述请求的响应。 在一个实施例中,至少部分地基于关于在连接服务器处收集的电话呼叫的统计数据来确定响应于从用户以连接服务器的电话号码接收电话呼叫是否向用户发出提示消息。

    Methods and apparatuses to determine prices of communication leads
    2.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatuses to determine prices of communication leads 有权
    确定通信线索价格的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08069082B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-29

    申请号:US11536630

    申请日:2006-09-28

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G05B19/418

    摘要: Systems and methods to determine prices for communication leads generated from pay for performance advertisements. In one embodiment, a method includes: providing an advertisement with a reference to customers on behalf of a specific party; facilitating communications between the party and a customer via the reference; and charging the party according to a price bid specified by the party in response to a lead to communications between the party and the customer facilitated via the reference. In one embodiment, a fee for the communication leads is determined according to the price bid specified by the party for the advertisement and at least one predetermined rule, which may be based on the geographic area of the advertisement, the categories of the advertisement, the price bids of a selected set of advertisements, and/or the query that causes the advertisement to be presented.

    摘要翻译: 用于确定绩效广告薪酬产生的通信潜力的价格的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,一种方法包括:代表特定方提供具有对客户的引用的广告; 通过参考促进党和客户之间的沟通; 并按照当事人指定的价格收费对方进行收费,以响应通过参考方便的方式促使当事人和客户之间的通信。 在一个实施例中,根据由广告方指定的价格投标确定通信线索的费用,以及至少一个预定规则,其可以基于广告的地理区域,广告的类别, 所选广告集合的价格出价,和/或导致广告呈现的查询。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS VIA PARTNERS
    5.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS VIA PARTNERS 有权
    通过合作伙伴提供通信连接的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120226547A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-06

    申请号:US13470159

    申请日:2012-05-11

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/02

    摘要: Methods and apparatuses to provide user interfaces dynamically customized according to partners through which the user interfaces are accessed in a customer acquisition process. One embodiment includes providing to a plurality of entities a platform, configured to assign references for embedding in listings for presentation and configured to connect people for real time communications according to the references embedded in the listings, the references to be used to request the platform to provide the connections; responsive to a request received via a first entity of the plurality of entities, presenting a user interface of the platform in a first format to identify the first entity; and responsive to a request received via a second entity of the plurality of entities, presenting the user interface of the platform in a second format to identify the second entity.

    摘要翻译: 根据在客户获取过程中访问用户界面的合作伙伴动态定制用户界面的方法和装置。 一个实施例包括向多个实体提供平台,其被配置为将用于嵌入到用于呈现的列表中的参考用于分配,并且被配置为根据嵌入在列表中的参考来连接用于实时通信的人员,用于请求平台的参考 提供连接; 响应于经由所述多个实体的第一实体接收到的请求,以第一格式呈现所述平台的用户界面以识别所述第一实体; 以及响应于经由所述多个实体中的第二实体接收到的请求,以第二格式呈现所述平台的用户界面以识别所述第二实体。

    Systems and methods to provide communication connections via partners
    6.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods to provide communication connections via partners 有权
    通过合作伙伴提供通信连接的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08185437B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-22

    申请号:US12127713

    申请日:2008-05-27

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G05B19/418

    摘要: Methods and apparatuses to provide user interfaces dynamically customized according to partners through which the user interfaces are accessed in a customer acquisition process. One embodiment includes providing to a plurality of entities a platform, configured to assign references for embedding in listings for presentation and configured to connect people for real time communications according to the references embedded in the listings, the references to be used to request the platform to provide the connections; responsive to a request received via a first entity of the plurality of entities, presenting a user interface of the platform in a first format to identify the first entity; and responsive to a request received via a second entity of the plurality of entities, presenting the user interface of the platform in a second format to identify the second entity.

    摘要翻译: 根据在客户获取过程中访问用户界面的合作伙伴动态定制用户界面的方法和装置。 一个实施例包括向多个实体提供平台,其被配置为将用于嵌入到用于呈现的列表中的参考用于分配,并且被配置为根据嵌入在列表中的参考来连接用于实时通信的人员,用于请求平台的参考 提供连接; 响应于经由所述多个实体的第一实体接收到的请求,以第一格式呈现所述平台的用户界面以识别所述第一实体; 以及响应于经由所述多个实体中的第二实体接收到的请求,以第二格式呈现所述平台的用户界面以识别所述第二实体。

    Systems and methods to block communication calls
    7.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods to block communication calls 有权
    阻止通信呼叫的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08077849B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-13

    申请号:US11624641

    申请日:2007-01-18

    IPC分类号: H04M3/42

    摘要: Methods and apparatuses to block calls from reaching destinations. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a call for a connection to an entity via a reference; based on the reference used for the call, determining a reference of the entity; determining whether the call is to be blocked; and responsive to a determination that the call is not to be blocked, establishing the connection to the entity using the reference of the entity.

    摘要翻译: 阻止到达目的地的呼叫的方法和设备。 在一个实施例中,一种方法包括:通过参考接收对实体的连接的呼叫; 基于用于呼叫的参考,确定实体的参考; 确定呼叫是否被阻止; 并且响应于所述呼叫不被阻止的确定,使用所述实体的引用建立到所述实体的连接。

    Systems and methods to collect information just in time for connecting people for real time communications
    10.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods to collect information just in time for connecting people for real time communications 有权
    收集信息的系统和方法,及时连接人员进行实时通信

    公开(公告)号:US08837698B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-16

    申请号:US11733751

    申请日:2007-04-10

    IPC分类号: H04M3/42 H04M15/06 G06Q30/02

    摘要: Systems and methods to collect information over a connection with a caller just in time for further connecting the caller to a callee. In one embodiment, a connection server is configured to provide to a caller a reference associated with the first criterion, to identify the first criterion based on the reference used to establish a connection with the caller for real time communications, to obtain a second criterion from the caller over the connection established for real time communications, to identifying a callee based at least in part on the first criterion and the second criterion, and to connect the caller from the established connection to the callee for real time communications.

    摘要翻译: 通过与呼叫者的连接收集信息的系统和方法,以便进一步将呼叫者连接到被呼叫者。 在一个实施例中,连接服务器被配置为向呼叫者提供与第一准则相关联的引用,以基于用于建立与呼叫者的连接用于实时通信的引用来识别第一准则,以从第 通过建立用于实时通信的连接的呼叫者,至少部分地基于第一标准和第二标准来识别被呼叫者,并且将呼叫者从建立的连接连接到被呼叫者进行实时通信。