System and Method for Local Call-Based Advertising
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1. A method for tracking calls based on advertising, the method comprising:
- communicating an advertisement to a user through a communications network;
determining that a call connection is made between the user and an one or more numbers associated with the advertiser; and
billing the advertiser in response to the determined call connection.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking calls based on advertising. An advertisement is communicated to a user through a communications network. A determination is made that a call connection is made between the user and one or more numbers associated with the advertiser. The advertiser is billed in response to the determined call connections.
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1. A method for tracking calls based on advertising, the method comprising:
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communicating an advertisement to a user through a communications network; determining that a call connection is made between the user and an one or more numbers associated with the advertiser; and billing the advertiser in response to the determined call connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for tracking calls generated based on advertisements, the system comprising:
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a communications network; one or more user connections communicating with the communications network; one or more advertiser connections communicating with the communications network; and a server connected to the communications network configured to track calls from the one or more user connections to the one or more advertiser connections, the server comprising; an advertiser interface configured to transmit advertisements to users through the one or more user connections; and a call tracking interface configured to identify calls from the one or more user connections to phone numbers dedicated for use with one of the advertisements, the interface operable to initiate billing of at least one advertiser based on a number of calls received by the advertiser through the phone numbers as a result of the one or more users calling the phone numbers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An advertising server comprising:
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a processor for executing a set of instructions; and a memory for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are configured to communicate an advertisement to a user through a communications network, receive a user selection to receive additional information regarding the advertisement, determine whether a call connection is made between the user and an one or more numbers associated with the advertiser, track a number of calls from one or more users to one or more numbers associated with the advertiser, and bill the advertiser based on the number of calls received by the advertiser from the one or more users that have requested the additional information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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