METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INITIATING PHONE CALLS USING A PREDICTIVE DIALER
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1. A calling system, comprising:
- a user interface configured display prospect database identifiers associated with a plurality of database associated with a plurality of database providers;
a user interface configured to receive a prospect search query from a user;
a search engine configured to locate one or more sets of leads corresponding to the prospect search query;
a user interface configured to display identifiers corresponding to one or more of the located sets of leads and to receive a user selection;
programmatic code stored in computer readable memory configured to cause, at least in part, lead phone numbers corresponding to the user selection to be provided to an autodialer associated with the user; and
a user interface configured to receive status indications from the user with respect to at least a portion of the streamed leads, wherein the status indicates corresponding call results.
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Abstract
An example calling system includes a dialer, a user interface via which a user can select one or more call lists from a plurality of call lists from different call list providers, and software stored in computer readable memory configured to cause at least in part phone numbers to be streamed from the one or more user selected call lists to the dialer so that the dialer can dial the phone numbers.
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1. A calling system, comprising:
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a user interface configured display prospect database identifiers associated with a plurality of database associated with a plurality of database providers;
a user interface configured to receive a prospect search query from a user;
a search engine configured to locate one or more sets of leads corresponding to the prospect search query;
a user interface configured to display identifiers corresponding to one or more of the located sets of leads and to receive a user selection;
programmatic code stored in computer readable memory configured to cause, at least in part, lead phone numbers corresponding to the user selection to be provided to an autodialer associated with the user; and
a user interface configured to receive status indications from the user with respect to at least a portion of the streamed leads, wherein the status indicates corresponding call results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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9. A calling system, comprising:
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a dialer;
a user interface via which a user can select one or more sets of prospects from a plurality of sets of prospects from different providers; and
programmatic code stored in computer readable memory configured to cause at least in part phone numbers to be streamed from the one or more user selected sets of prospects to the dialer so that the dialer can dial the phone numbers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing contact information, comprising:
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causing at least in part identifiers for a plurality of databases storing contact information for leads from a plurality of providers to be displayed to a user via a user display;
receiving over a network a user selection of at least a portion of at least one of the databases;
at least partly causing phone numbers corresponding to the selected portion to be transmitted to a dialer;
receiving over the network user specified call status for calls completed via the dialer and connected to the user; and
storing the user specified call status in a data store. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for controlling calling, comprising:
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a user interface including a field via which a first user can specify a maximum permissible cost for leads that can be used by a first set of users;
a data store configured to store the maximum permissible cost specified by the first user; and
a report generator configured to generate a report with respect to how many lead phone numbers were utilized by the first sets of users and the cost associated cost on a per lead basis. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A calling system, comprising:
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a leads database server;
a dialer server;
a network interface configured to be coupled to a plurality of user terminals; and
programmatic code stored in computer readable memory, which when executed, is configured to receive a selection of a set of leads from a user and to stream lead phone numbers from the leads database server to the dialer server, and to receive indications from users as to which called leads resulted in a billable event. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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