Systems and methods to connect buyers and sellers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9106473
APP PUB NO 20070287488A1
SERIAL NO

11692739

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Methods and apparatuses to provide services to people who wish to make connections for real time communication, such as live telephone conversation, chat, video conferencing, etc. In one embodiment, a method includes: providing a seller with a code to be embedded in a document, the document to be distributed by the seller, the code to generate a display of a call button when the document is displayed; in response to a selection of the call button, initiating a process to make a telephonic connection between the seller and a buyer; and charging the buyer on behalf of the seller for a service delivered by the seller over the telephonic connection to the buyer.

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  • YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Altberg, Ebbe Mill Valley, US 134 7877
Faber, Scott San Francisco, US 158 9057
Hirson, Ron San Francisco, US 151 8295
Van, Der Linden Sean Berkeley, US 139 7427

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