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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. 10, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2015
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);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04M 3/44 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04M 3/42068 (2013.01); H04M 7/003 (2013.01); H04M 7/123 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01); H04M 3/42365 (2013.01); H04M 3/44 (2013.01); H04M 3/5191 (2013.01); H04M 7/0024 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2072 (2013.01); H04M 2203/655 (2013.01); H04M 2207/35 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses to provide telephonic connections to members of a social network. One embodiment includes: identifying a first member connected to a second member in a social network; determining whether profile data of the first member of the social network includes a telephonic reference of the first member; presenting a user interface element to the second member over a data communication network in response to a determination that the profile data of the first member includes the telephonic reference of the first member; and responsive to a selection of the user interface element, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first member using the telephonic reference of the first member and a second telephonic connection to the second member to provide a telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.


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