Systems and methods for communicating information

• US 10,460,323 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2015
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gonguet, Vincent, Jarrett, Steven James
• Primary Examiner(s): Kelley, Steven S
• Application Number:
  US14/728,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20160358183A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a request for establishing a communication between a first computing device and a second computing device. Information to be provided to the second computing device can be determined. An address can be associated with the information to be provided to the second computing device. The communication between the first computing device and the second computing device can be established. The address can be provided to the second computing device when establishing the communication and the second computing device can obtain the information using the at least one address.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining, by a computing system, that a user operating a first wireless communication device has selected a web-based option for establishing a wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) communication with a second computing device, the web-based option associated with a content item provided to the first wireless communication device by the computing system;

determining, by the computing system, based on the selected web-based option, information to be provided to the second computing device;

correlating, by the computing system, at least one phone number from a set of available phone numbers with the information to be provided to the second computing device, wherein the at least one phone number is not an actual phone number of the first wireless communication device, wherein the information to be provided is stored by the computing system, and wherein the at least one phone number references the information to be provided;

establishing, by the computing system, the wireless VOIP communication between the first wireless communication device and the second computing device using the at least one phone number;

providing, by the computing system, to the second computing device, the at least one phone number as caller ID phone number information associated with the first wireless communication device when establishing the wireless VOIP communication; and

providing, by the computing system, to the second computing device, the information describing the content item associated with the web-based option and at least one or more attributes of a user operating the first wireless communication device, the information further describing the first wireless communication device and a network carrier through which the first wireless communication device is communicating, wherein the at least one or more attributes of the user include at least one of demographic information of the user and a rating indicating an importance of the user to an operator of the second computing device, wherein the demographic information includes information about whether the user is in a targeted gender and age group.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information further includes at least one of:

information describing a network experience of the user, information provided by the network carrier, or information describing at least one targeting segment corresponding to the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein correlating, by the computing system, the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

selecting the at least one phone number from a set of phone numbers;

correlating the information with the at least one phone number; and

storing the correlation between the at least one phone number and the information, wherein the information is able to be obtained using the at least one phone number.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information includes a first value and a second value, and wherein correlating, by the computing system, the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

determining, based on the information, that the information includes the first value and the second value;

determining, from a set of phone numbers, the at least one phone number that has been allocated to correspond to the first value and the second value; and

selecting the at least one phone number to communicate the information, wherein the information is able to be determined based solely on the at least one phone number.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the computing system, an application programming interface (API) for obtaining the information correlated with phone numbers, wherein the second computing device is able to obtain the information correlated with the at least one phone number by providing the at least one phone number to the API.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the computing system, the information to be provided to the second computing device further comprises:

determining one or more targeting segments associated with the content item; and

determining one or more attributes of the user that correspond to respective targeting segments associated with the content item, wherein the one or more attributes of the user are included in the information provided to the second computing device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein correlating, by the computing system, the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

determining a priority level of the communication;

selecting the at least one phone number from a set of phone numbers based at least in part on the priority level, wherein one or more phone numbers in the set of phone numbers are allocated to represent a respective priority level; and

correlating the information with the at least one phone number.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform;

determining that a user operating a first wireless communication device has selected a web-based option for establishing a wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) communication with a second computing device, the option associated with a content item provided to the first wireless communication device by the computing system;

determining, based on the selected web-based option, information to be provided to the second computing device;

correlating at least one phone number from a set of available phone numbers with the information to be provided to the second computing device, wherein the at least one phone number is not an actual phone number of the first wireless communication device, wherein the information to be provided is stored by the system, and wherein the at least one phone number references the information to be provided;

establishing the wireless VOIP communication between the first wireless communication device and the second computing device using the at least one phone number;

providing, to the second computing device, the at least one phone number as caller ID phone number information associated with the first wireless communication device when establishing the wireless VOIP communication; and

providing to the second computing device, the information describing the content item associated with the web-based option and at least one or more attributes of a user operating the first wireless communication device, the information further describing the first wireless communication device and a network carrier through which the first wireless communication device is communicating, wherein the at least one or more attributes of the user include at least one of demographic information of the user and a rating indicating an importance of the user to an operator of the second computing device, wherein the demographic information includes information about whether the user is in a targeted gender and age group.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein correlating the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

selecting the at least one phone number from a set of phone numbers;

correlating the information with the at least one phone number; and

storing the correlation between the at least one phone number and the information, wherein the information is able to be obtained using the at least one phone number.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the information includes a first value and a second value, and wherein correlating the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

determining, based on the information, that the information includes the first value and the second value;

determining, from a set of phone numbers, the at least one phone number that has been allocated to correspond to the first value and the second value; and

selecting the at least one phone number to communicate the information, wherein the information is able to be determined based solely on the at least one phone number.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

determining that a user operating a first wireless communication device has selected a web-based option for establishing a wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) communication with a second computing device, the option associated with a content item provided to the first wireless communication device by the computing system;

determining, based on the selected web-based option, information to be provided to the second computing device;

correlating at least one phone number from a set of available phone numbers with the information to be provided to the second computing device, wherein the at least one phone number is not an actual phone number of the first wireless communication device, wherein the information to be provided is stored by the computer system, and wherein the at least one phone number references the information to be provided;

establishing the wireless VOIP communication between the first wireless communication device and the second computing device using the at least one phone numbers;

providing, to the second computing device, the at least one phone number as caller ID phone number information associated with the first wireless communication device when establishing the wireless VOIP communication; and

providing to the second computing device, the information describing the content item associated with the web-based option and at least one or more attributes of a user operating the first wireless communication device, the information further describing the first wireless communication device and a network carrier through which the first wireless communication device is communicating, wherein the at least one or more attributes of the user include at least one of demographic information of the user and a rating indicating an importance of the user to an operator of the second computing device, wherein the demographic information includes information about whether the user is in a targeted gender and age group.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein correlating the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

selecting the at least one phone number from a set of phone numbers;

correlating the information with the at least one phone number; and

storing the correlation between the at least one phone number and the information, wherein the information is able to be obtained using the at least one phone number.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the information includes a first value and a second value, and wherein correlating the at least one phone number with the information further comprises:

determining, based on the information, that the information includes the first value and the second value;

determining, from a set of phone numbers, the at least one phone number that has been allocated to correspond to the first value and the second value; and

selecting the at least one phone number to communicate the information, wherein the information is able to be determined based solely on the at least one phone number.