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

  • US 10,262,340 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2014
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • selecting from a pool of electronically stored unallocated telephone number, via an advertisement creation module including a telephone number generation logic processing on a network device, a first telephone number from a plurality of telephone numbers, including an active call-time queue of allocated telephone numbers, wherein the selection is based on a first predetermined period of time since the first telephone number was last called, in conjunction with a first website advertisement, exceeding a first predetermined threshold, and wherein the active call-time queue of allocated telephone numbers was last called within the first predetermined threshold;

    providing, via an advertisement publication module including an advertisement rendering engine processing at the network device, the first telephone number to present with a second website advertisement, and displaying via a user interface the first telephone number to a display device of a client device, where the first telephone number being displayed is made selectable by a user via smart connect logic processing at the network device; and

    responsive to selecting the first telephone number being displayed thereby initiating a telephone call to the first telephone number, and routing, via the smart connect logic processing at the network device, the telephone call, by utilizing a Voice Over Internet Protocol connection, to a second telephone number associated with a device of an advertiser for the second website advertisement in response to determining that the first predetermined period of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold.

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