Systems and methods to facilitate the specification of a complex geographic area

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10210531
APP PUB NO 20080313039A1
SERIAL NO

11862111

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Methods and systems to specify complex geographic areas for advertisements to connect advertisers and customers for real time communications. One embodiment includes: a web server to present a user interface to receive input specifying a plurality of geographic areas and one or more operations to combine the plurality of geographic areas into a geographic area of service of an advertisement and to provide the advertisement with a reference of a connection server for presentation to a customer when a location of the customer matches with the geographic area of service of the advertisement; and a connection server to receive a request from the customer for a connection to an advertiser of the advertisement and to provide the connection for real time communications between the customer and the advertiser in response to the request made via the reference of the connection server.

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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
Manca, Paul G Oakland, US 46 2630
Van, Der Linden Sean Berkeley, US 139 7634
Zagofsky, Jennifer R San Francisco, US 2 114

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