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

US8200534B2 · 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: Feb 5, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2031

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.