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

US7424442B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UTBK, 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: Dec 15, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method. The method includes 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 then unallocating the telephone number.