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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Atte Lahtiranta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jari P. Hamalainen, Kangasala, FI;
Atte Lahtiranta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jari P. Hamalainen, Kangasala, FI;
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A system and method is constructed to provide financing of mobile communications by sponsors in return for permitting the dissemination of advertisements before, during, or after a particular call. The system includes a location server through which communication channels can be established, mobile communication terminals inter connected for communication over the communication channels established by the location server, a sponsor server having a memory in which is stored advertisements, and an application module resident on the sponsor server, mobile communication terminal, or location server to control a communication from one of the mobile communication terminals to another of the mobile communication terminals to, at the request of a user of the mobile communication terminal, place advertisements from the sponsor server into the communication and charge the cost of the communication to the sponsor server.