Systems and methods to facilitate real time communications and commerce via a social network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8452655
APP PUB NO 20080255946A1
SERIAL NO

12098382

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Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications and commerce via a social network. In one embodiment, a social network is used to provide information about an advertiser to demonstrate the trustworthiness of the advertiser to potential customers. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a customer for a document; and providing the customer with an advertisement embedded in the document, the advertisement including information to identify an advertiser of the advertisement based on a social network. In one embodiment, the presentation of the advertisement or the advertiser is at least partially based on the social network. In one embodiment, communication references are provided to facilitate the requests for real time communications with a member of the social network via a connection provider, which performs scheduling, filtering, payment processing, etc. for the member of the social network.

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

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
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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