ADVERTISEMENT-BASED DIALING

• US 20090005122A1
• Filed: 08/06/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Original Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Inventors: GOLDFARB, David Elliot
• Application Number:
  US12/186,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20090005122A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method for a mobile device includes showing an advertisement clip on the device, displaying a webpage associated with the advertisement clip and upon receipt of a click of a clickable phone number on the webpage, dialing the phone number.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile device, the method comprising:

showing an advertisement clip on said device;

displaying a webpage associated with said advertisement clip; and

upon receipt of a click of a clickable phone number on said webpage, dialing said phone number.

2. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said dialing comprises:

receiving a file of a phone number MIME type from a web page viewed by said mobile device;

activating a parser associated with said MIME type, said parser to parse said file to select a relevant phone number from at least one phone number listed in said file; and

activating a dialing function of said mobile device to dial said selected phone number.

3. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said dialing comprises:

parsing phone number files downloaded from a web page; and

dialing a selected parsed phone number.

4. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said dialing comprises:

receiving a telephony URL from said webpage; and

dialing the phone number embedded in said telephony URL.