Methods and apparatuses to access advertisements through voice over internet protocol (VoIP) applications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8761154
APP PUB NO 20070081662A1
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11274453

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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminals with integrated user interface for accessing and/or managing advertisements that provide telephonic contact information. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a user input in a user interface of a VoIP telephonic apparatus to specify one or more search terms; submitting the one or more search terms from the telephonic apparatus to a server; receiving one or more advertisements containing one or more references to telephonic contact information as a result of a search performed using the one or more search terms; displaying the one or more advertisements in the user interface of the VoIP telephonic apparatus; receiving a user indication in the user interface of the VoIP telephonic apparatus to call an advertiser of the one or more advertisements; and initiating a telephonic call to the advertiser according to the one or more advertisements using the VoIP telephonic apparatus.

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THRYV INC2200 WEST AIRFIELD DRIVE D/FW AIRPORT TX 75261-9810

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Altberg, Ebbe Mill Valley, US 134 8088
Faber, Scott San Francisco, US 158 9272
Hirson, Ron San Francisco, US 151 8571
Van, der Linden Sean Berkeley, US 139 7634

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