Systems and methods to connect members of a social network for real time communication

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9094506
SERIAL NO

13631221

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Methods and apparatuses to provide telephonic connections to members of a social network. One embodiment includes: identifying a first member connected to a second member in a social network; determining whether profile data of the first member of the social network includes a telephonic reference of the first member; presenting a user interface element to the second member over a data communication network in response to a determination that the profile data of the first member includes the telephonic reference of the first member; and responsive to a selection of the user interface element, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first member using the telephonic reference of the first member and a second telephonic connection to the second member to provide a telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Altberg, Ebbe Mill Valley, US 134 7866
Faber, Scott San Francisco, US 158 9046
Hirson, Ron San Francisco, US 151 8284
Van, der Linden Sean Berkeley, US 139 7416

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