Systems and methods to provide communication connections

US8937887B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• YP Interactive LLC · US

Inventors

• Ebbe Altberg · Mill Valley, US
• Scott Faber · San Francisco, US
• Ron Hirson · San Francisco, US
• Sean Vander Linden · Berkeley, US
• Paul G. Manca · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 20, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/42161
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections for partners based on communication references assigned to entities maintained by the partners. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving from a partner contact information of an entity; providing the partner with a real-time communication reference usable to at least initiate a request for a communication connection; and in response to receiving a request initiated via the real-time communication reference, providing a real-time communication connection between a requester and the entity using the contact information received from the partner.