Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods to facilitate real time communications and commerce via answers to questions
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Application No.: US15212630Application Date: 2016-07-18
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Publication No.: US09836767B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Ebbe Altberg , Scott Faber , Ron Hirson , Sean Van Der Linden
- Applicant: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC
- Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC
- Current Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/66
- IPC: H04L12/66 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/06 ; G06Q20/10 ; G09B5/12 ; H04L12/58 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications and commerce via answers presented to questions. One embodiment includes one or more web servers to receive from a second user an answer to a question of a first user, and to present the answer with a communication reference of a connection provider to a third user; a session border controller of the connection provider to interface with a packet switched network; and one or more telecommunication servers of the connection provider coupled with the session border controller to connect the third user to the second user for real time communications in response to a request made via the communication referenced. One embodiment includes: receiving from a second user an answer to a question of a first user; and presenting to a third user the answer with a reference for requesting fee-based content from or real time communications with the second user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160328750A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMERCE VIA ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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