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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Yp Interactive Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Scott Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ron Hirson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Vander Linden, Berkeley, CA (US);
Paul G. Manca, Oakland, CA (US);
YP Interactive LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections for partners based on communication references assigned to entities maintained by the partners. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving from a partner contact information of an entity; providing the partner with a real-time communication reference usable to at least initiate a request for a communication connection; and in response to receiving a request initiated via the real-time communication reference, providing a real-time communication connection between a requester and the entity using the contact information received from the partner.