Systems and methods to provide information and connect people for real time communications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8838476
APP PUB NO 20090070205A1
SERIAL NO

11876704

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Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections at a cost reduced via advertising. One embodiment includes: receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.

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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
Tran, Tu Thuy Cam San Francisco, US 1 20
Van, Der Linden Sean Berkeley, US 139 7427

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