Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call advertising and billing

US8024224B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UTBK, LLC · US

Inventors

• Scott Faber · San Francisco, US
• Marc Barach · Oakland, US
• John Somorjai · San Mateo, US
• Henrik Axel Ebbe Altberg · Mill Valley, US
• Michael Fordyce · San Francisco, US
• Chris Hickson · East Palo Alto, US
• Ron Hirson · San Francisco, US
• Sean Van Der Linden · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0277
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for pay-per-call advertising and billing. A method, comprises generating a web page listing a plurality of merchant entries; and providing a option to reveal a phone number of at least one merchant entry of the plurality of merchant entries.