A System and Method for Businesses to advertise to receive and measure incoming Prospect Leads through a unique, empowered Independent Agent framework
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1. A method of connecting two parties in real time, the method comprising:
- having an Agent have a plurality of Clients and Client advertising campaigns;
having a Prospect initiate contact with a Client via an Agent-created Advertisement; and
connecting by telephone said Prospect with said Client.
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The present invention provides techniques for managing, supporting and empowering Independent Agents to offer a method for providing Clients with Phone Call Leads from Prospects generated via enabled Internet-based Advertisements, for monitoring and recording the precise details of these Phone Call Leads, and for charging those Clients for such successful Phone Call Leads. The present invention also provides the method and techniques for ensuring that Clients are only charged for successful incoming Phone Call Leads.
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1. A method of connecting two parties in real time, the method comprising:
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having an Agent have a plurality of Clients and Client advertising campaigns;
having a Prospect initiate contact with a Client via an Agent-created Advertisement; and
connecting by telephone said Prospect with said Client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of connecting two parties in real time, the method comprising providing an Agent interface to Agents for their account;
- having Agents register new Client Phone-Link enabled Internet-based advertising campaigns within the Agent interface;
linking all enabled Client advertising campaigns developed by a single Agent into one account information and transaction activity management interface;
generating and providing the appropriate service HTML code to the Agent for each newly registered Client campaign;
providing a Client interface to Clients for their advertising campaigns;
thereby enabling the Agent to readily create own Phone Call Lead-generating Internet-based Advertisements for their Clients and in turn, and connecting Prospects with these Clients in real time via a telephone connection;
thereby generating, monitoring and recording Phone Call Leads for Clients from various Internet advertising media. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- having Agents register new Client Phone-Link enabled Internet-based advertising campaigns within the Agent interface;
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17. A method of connecting two parties in real time, the method comprising:
identifying and recording when an incoming call is initiated;
identifying and recording when an incoming call is dropped on the Prospect'"'"'s leg before connecting with said Client;
identifying and recording when an incoming call is missed by a Client after the Prospect has been connected;
identifying and recording when an incoming call is disconnected within a given buffer-zone time period after the connection is made between said Prospect and Client;
identifying and recording when an incoming call is successfully connected between the Prospect and the Client, lasts beyond the given buffer-zone time period, and then is completed; and
charging the Client only for incoming Phone Call Leads that were successfully connected and completed for a duration beyond said buffer zone;
thereby ensuring that Clients are only charged for successful incoming Phone Call Leads.
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