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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Ipventure, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Kwok Wai Cheung, Tai Po, HK;
Peter P. Tong, Mountain View, CA (US);
C. Douglass Thomas, Saratoga, CA (US);
IpVenture, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A number of embodiments regarding computer-implemented systems and methods to manage electronic communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus, using at least a network-based portal based on Internet protocol, provides different communication modes to a first user, with messages eligible to be received by a second user based on any of the modes, depending on an identifier associated with the second user; and receives an indication from the first user to select a communication mode for a message for the second user. In the embodiment, the apparatus could receive contact information associated with the second user to allow the second user to participate, with the contact information not provided to the first user even when the message is received by the second user, and with the contact information being distinct from the identifier.