Advertising-subsidized PC-telephony
US6493437B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S379/90
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system subsidizes telephone calls over a network. The system includes a service provider 120 that establishes a telephone call between a calling party terminal 130 and a called party terminal 140 over the network 110. During the telephone call, the service provider causes at least one advertisement 312 to be displayed at the calling, or called party terminal. At any time during, or after, the telephone call, the service provider generates a bill based on a subsidized billing rate related to the display of the at least one advertisement.
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