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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Scott Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ron Hirson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tu Thuy Cam Tran, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Scott Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ron Hirson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tu Thuy Cam Tran, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, CA (US);
YP Interactive LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections at a cost reduced via advertising. One embodiment includes: receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.