Method and apparatus to allocate and recycle telephone numbers in a call-tracking system

US10262340B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC · US

Inventors

• Daric Wong · Daly City, US
• Scott Faber · San Francisco, US
• Anuj Agarwal · Lexington, US
• Nitin Ahuja · Irving, US
• Ebbe Altberg · Mill Valley, US
• Mark Halstead · Auckland, NZ

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2215/0192
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method including: dynamically allocating a telephone number to an advertisement on a just-in-time basis; and if the telephone number is not called for a predefined period of time, unallocating the telephone number.