Systems and methods to connect marketing participants and marketers
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1. A method, comprising:
- maintaining user information of a plurality of users, the user information comprising contact information of corresponding one of the plurality of users; and
presenting to an advertiser a representation of one or more users selected from the plurality of users in response to a request for a particular set of interested users, the representation comprising information to request a server to establish a connection between the advertiser and a selected user of the one or more users using contact information of the selected user in a way without revealing the contact information of the selected user to the advertiser.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for identifying, compensating and communicating with persons who have knowledge of, interest in, or experience with, products and/or services provided by an advertiser or marketer. In one aspect, a system includes a server to receive and maintain user information, including contact information and specified categories of products that are of interest to the user. In addition, the system enables an advertiser to search the user information to identify users who have expressed an interest in a particular category of product. Moreover, the system facilitates establishing connections between advertisers, and customers, while tracking the length of such a connection.
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1. A method, comprising:
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maintaining user information of a plurality of users, the user information comprising contact information of corresponding one of the plurality of users; and presenting to an advertiser a representation of one or more users selected from the plurality of users in response to a request for a particular set of interested users, the representation comprising information to request a server to establish a connection between the advertiser and a selected user of the one or more users using contact information of the selected user in a way without revealing the contact information of the selected user to the advertiser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine readable media embodying instructions, the instructions causing a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
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maintaining user information of a plurality of users, the user information comprising contact information of corresponding one of the plurality of users; and presenting to an advertiser a representation of one or more users selected from the plurality of users in response to a request for a particular set of interested users, the representation comprising information to request a server to establish a connection between the advertiser and a selected user of the one or more users using contact information of the selected user in a way without revealing the contact information of the selected user to the advertiser.
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19. A data processing system, comprising:
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means for maintaining user information of a plurality of users, the user information comprising contact information of corresponding one of the plurality of users; and means for presenting to an advertiser a representation of one or more users selected from the plurality of users in response to a request for a particular set of interested users, the representation comprising information to request a server to establish a connection between the advertiser and a selected user of the one or more users using contact information of the selected user in a way without revealing the contact information of the selected user to the advertiser.
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20. A method, comprising:
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registering a plurality of users to maintain user information indicating; areas of advertisement information that are of interest to corresponding ones of the plurality of users; price bids of the plurality of users, the plurality of users to be compensated according to the price bids for absorbing advertisements; availability of the plurality of users to be connected to via telephonic connections to receive advertisements; product usage experiences of the plurality of users in related areas of advertisement information of interest to corresponding ones of the plurality of users; and telephonic contact information of corresponding ones of the plurality of users; receiving from an advertiser a request for a particular set of interested users; selecting one or more users from the plurality of users according to the request and the user information; presenting to an advertiser a representation of one or more users selected from the plurality of users in response to a request for a particular set of interested users, the representation comprising information to request a server to establish a connection; receiving from the advertiser a request for a connection between the advertiser and a selected user of the one or more users; establishing a first telephonic connection to the selected user using telephonic contact information of the selected user; establishing a second telephonic connection to the advertiser; joining the first telephonic connection and the second telephonic connection to connect the advertiser and the user; and paying the selected user a fee according to a price bid of the selected user.
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