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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Angela Sandoval, Austin, TX (US);
Aaron Bangor, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0225 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0215 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide incentives to deflect callers to websites are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to deflect a caller to a webpage include receiving a call from the caller, offering an incentive to the caller to terminate the call and access the webpage, and providing an address of the webpage to the caller after the caller consents to terminate the call.