Systems and methods to generate leads to connect people for real time communications

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PATENT NO 9767510
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12130960

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Methods and apparatuses to connect people for services delivered via real time communications and to optionally generate leads to new customers for the services. One embodiment includes: providing a communication reference to an entity for distribution to customers; establishing connections for real time communications between the entity and the customers in response to requests made via the communication reference; charging the customers on behalf of the entity using a process to establish the connections for a service of the entity provided to the customers over the connections; presenting the service of the entity to customers on behalf of the entity; charging the entity a first fee according to what the entity charges a customer for the service; and charging the entity a second fee according to a bid price specified by the entity in response to a determination that the presenting of the service leads to the customer.

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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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