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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Yellowpages.com Llc, Tucker, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, CA (US);

Scott Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ron Hirson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, CA (US);

Paul G. Manca, Oakland, CA (US);

Virginia Hong-Jia Yang, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC, Tucker, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42195 (2013.01); H04L 29/1216 (2013.01); H04L 61/157 (2013.01); H04L 69/169 (2013.01); H04M 7/003 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04M 3/53341 (2013.01); H04M 2203/652 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses to initiate callback with confirmation. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a reference (e.g., a callback phone number) in a request for a connection to a destination; providing a code via the reference in response to the request; receiving a code to confirm the request; determining whether the received code matches the provided code; and initiating a connection via the reference for the connection to the destination if the received code matches the provided code.


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