Systems and Methods to Provide Information and Connect People for Real Time Communications
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network;
response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users;
presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and
reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections at a cost reduced via advertising. One embodiment includes: receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A machine readable media embodying instructions, the instructions causing a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.
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20. A system, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; means for, response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; means for presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and means for reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.
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