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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Olshansky, Wayland, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A system subsidizes telephone calls over a network. The system includes a service provider that establishes a telephone call between a calling party terminal and a called party terminal over the network . During the telephone call, the service provider causes at least one advertisement to be displayed at the calling, or called party terminal. At any time during, or after, the telephone call, the service provider generates a bill based on a subsidized billing rate related to the display of the at least one advertisement.