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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Applications
- Sprachen: English
- Document Number: 20130176909
- Publication Date: July 11, 2013
- Appl. No: 13/786040
- Application Filed: March 05, 2013
- Assignees: UTBK, LLC (WIlmington, DE, US)
- Claim: 1. A system, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to at least the memory and configured to: assign a communication reference to an advisor for distribution by the advisor in a document, the communication reference usable to request connections to the advisor for real time communications with the advisor; associate a keyword with the communication reference; receive from the advisor a bid price on the keyword associated with the communication reference; select, based at least in part on the bid price, the communication reference for presentation in response to a search related to the keyword, wherein the communication reference includes a price specified by the advisor for charging for real time communications with the advisor; responsive to a request from a customer using the communication reference, the request being for a communication connection to the advisor, determine contact information of the advisor based on the communication reference; connect the customer to the advisor for the real time communications with the advisor using the contact information determined based on the communication reference; determine whether the request from the customer is received via a presentation of the communication reference as a result of the search; and charge the advisor a fee based on the bid price per connecting, based at least in part on the communication reference, the customer to the advisor for the real time communications, in response to a determination that the request is received as a result of the search; and wherein the advisor is not charged the fee when the request from the customer is received as a result of a presentation of the communication reference in the document distributed by the advisor.
- Claim: 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: establish a first voice over Internet protocol connection to connect to the customer using the communication reference; establish a second voice over Internet protocol connection to connect to the advisor using the contact information of the advisor; and bridge the first and second voice over Internet protocol connections to connect the customer and the advisor.
- Claim: 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine an address of the document in response to the communication reference being selected from the document distributed by the advisor and to present a link to the address with the communication reference as a result of the search.
- Claim: 4. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to charge the customer on behalf of the advisor for services delivered by the advisor consequent to the connecting the customer to the advisor for real time communications with the advisor.
- Claim: 5. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication reference comprises a telephone number of a connection provider, a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier, or a voice over Internet protocol user identifier of the connection provider.
- Claim: 6. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to determine the fee based on the bid price received from the advisor, and a bid price on the keyword by a competitor of the advisor.
- Claim: 7. The system of claim 2 wherein the processor is further configured to bridge the first and second voice over Internet protocol connections by establishing a media connection that does not go through the connection provider to connect the customer and the advisor for telephone communications.
- Claim: 8. A method comprising: assigning, using a computing device, a communication reference to an advisor for distribution by the advisor in a document, the communication reference usable to request connections to the advisor for real time communications with the advisor; associating, using the computing device, a keyword with the communication reference; receiving from the advisor a bid price on the keyword associated with the communication reference; selecting, using the computing device, based at least in part on the bid price, the communication reference for presentation in response to a search related to the keyword, wherein the communication reference includes a price specified by the advisor for charging for real time communications with the advisor; responsive to a request from a customer using the communication reference, the request being for a communication connection to the advisor, determining contact information of the advisor based on the communication reference; connecting the customer to the advisor for the real time communications with the advisor using the contact information determined based on the communication reference; determining whether the request from the customer is received via a presentation of the communication reference as a result of the search; and charging the advisor a fee based on the bid price per connecting, based at least in part on the communication reference, the customer to the advisor for the real time communications, in response to a determination that the request is received as a result of the search; and wherein the advisor is not charged the fee when the request from the customer is received as a result of a presentation of the communication reference in the document distributed by the advisor.
- Claim: 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: a connection provider establishing a first voice over Internet protocol connection to connect to the customer using the communication reference; the connection provider establishing a second voice over Internet protocol connection to connect to the advisor using the contact information of the advisor; and bridging the first and second voice over Internet protocol connections to connect the customer and the advisor.
- Claim: 10. The method of claim 8, further comprising: determining an address of the document in response to the communication reference being selected from the document distributed by the advisor; and presenting a link to the address with the communication reference as a result of the search.
- Claim: 11. The method of claim 8, further comprising charging the customer on behalf of the advisor for services delivered by the advisor consequent to the connecting the customer to the advisor for real time communications with the advisor.
- Claim: 12. The method of claim 8 wherein the communication reference comprises one of a telephone number of a connection provider, a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier, or a voice over Internet protocol user identifier of the connection provider.
- Claim: 13. The method of claim 8 further comprising determining the fee based on the bid price received from the advisor, and a bid price on the keyword by a competitor of the advisor.
- Claim: 14. The method of claim 9 further comprising bridging the first and second voice over Internet protocol connections by establishing a media connection that does not go through the connection provider to connect the customer and the advisor for telephone communications.
- Claim: 15. A tangible non-transitory machine-readable medium, storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising: assigning, using a computing device, a communication reference to an advisor for distribution by the advisor in a document, the communication reference usable to request connections to the advisor for real time communications with the advisor; associating, using the computing device, a keyword with the communication reference; receiving from the advisor a bid price on the keyword associated with the communication reference; selecting, using the computing device, based at least in part on the bid price, the communication reference for presentation in response to a search related to the keyword, wherein the communication reference includes a price specified by the advisor for charging for real time communications with the advisor; responsive to a request from a customer using the communication reference, the request being for a communication connection to the advisor, determining contact information of the advisor based on the communication reference; connecting the customer to the advisor for the real time communications with the advisor using the contact information determined based on the communication reference; determining whether the request from the customer is received via a presentation of the communication reference as a result of the search; charging the advisor a fee based on the bid price per connecting, based at least in part on the communication reference, the customer to the advisor for the real time communications, in response to a determination that the request is received as a result of the search; and wherein the advisor is not charged the fee when the request from the customer is received as a result of a presentation of the communication reference in the document distributed by the advisor.
- Claim: 16. The medium of claim 15, further comprising: a connection provider establishing a first voice over Internet protocol connection to connect to the customer using the communication reference; the connection provider establishing a second voice over Internet protocol connection to connect to the advisor using the contact information of the advisor; and bridging the first and second voice over Internet protocol connections to connect the customer and the advisor.
- Claim: 17. The medium of claim 15, further comprising: determining an address of the document in response to the communication reference being selected from the document distributed by the advisor; and presenting a link to the address with the communication reference as a result of the search.
- Claim: 18. The medium of claim 15, further comprising charging the customer on behalf of the advisor for services delivered by the advisor consequent to the connecting the customer to the advisor for real time communications with the advisor.
- Claim: 19. The medium of claim 15 wherein the communication reference comprises one of a telephone number of a connection provider, a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier, or a voice over Internet protocol user identifier of the connection provider.
- Claim: 20. The medium of claim 15 further comprising determining the fee based on the bid price received from the advisor, and a bid price on the keyword by a competitor of the advisor.
- Current U.S. Class: 370/259
- Current International Class: 04
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