Private Calling Number for Advertisements

• US 20150178765A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bandwidth Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bandwidth Inc.
• Inventors: McBride, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US14/136,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178765A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

Techniques to place an advertisement in at least one publication are described. A processor component executable on a computer server accessible via an IP network executes an ad construction component. The ad construction component may prompt for and receive input from an end user device communicable with the ad construction component, the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in a publication. The ad construction component may obtain a private calling number from a number server and construct the advertisement based on the accepted input using the private calling number as the contact telephone number in the advertisement. The ad construction component may cause the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication according to the terms of the accepted input.

Claims

1. An advertisement placement system, comprising:

a processor component executable on a computer server accessible via an Internet Protocol (IP) network;

an ad construction component operative on the processor component to;

prompt for input from an end user device communicable with the ad construction component over the IP network, the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in a publication wherein at least one input prompt is for a personal contact telephone number associated with a user placing the advertisement;

accept input from the end user device indicative of the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication including the personal contact telephone number associated with a user placing the advertisement;

obtain a private calling number from a number server, the private calling number being voice and short message service (SMS) enabled;

construct the advertisement based on the accepted input indicative of the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication using the private calling number as the contact telephone number in the advertisement;

set up an SMS text message box to receive SMS text messages to the private calling number; and

set up a voice mailbox for the private calling number such that;

(i) a voice mail greeting is played when the caller identification information for the incoming call does not match the personal contact number, and (ii) voice mailbox access is granted when the caller identification information does match the personal contact number.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an ad billing component operative on the processor component operative to prompt for and accept payment for the advertisement.

4. The system of claim 1, the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in a publication comprising a plurality of:

an ad category, the at least one publication, ad text, a start date, a duration, an option to select the private calling number, a name, a short message service (SMS) enabled telephone number, an email address, and an indication of a level of service associated with the advertisement.

5. The system of claim 1, the publication comprising at least one of a print edition of the at least one publication and a digital edition of the at least one publication.

3. (canceled)

6. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable on a computing device to cause the computing device to:

prompt for input from an end user device communicable over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in at least one publication wherein at least one input prompt is for a personal contact telephone number associated with a user placing the advertisement;

accept input from the end user device indicative of the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication including the personal contact telephone number associated with a user placing the advertisement;

obtain a private calling number from a number server, the private calling number being voice and short message service (SMS) enabled;

construct the advertisement based on the accepted input indicative of the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication using the private calling number as the contact telephone number in the advertisement;

set up an SMS text message box to receive SMS text messages to the private calling number; and

set up a voice mailbox for the private calling number such that;

(i) a voice mail greeting is played when the caller identification information for the incoming call does not match the personal contact number, and (ii) voice mailbox access is granted when the caller identification information does match the personal contact number.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, comprising instructions executable on the computing device to cause the computing device to:

prompt for and accept payment for the advertisement.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6,

the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in a publication comprising a plurality of:

an ad category, the at least one publication, ad text, a start date, a duration, an option to select the private calling number, a name, a short message service (SMS) enabled telephone number, an email address, and an indication of a level of service associated with the advertisement.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, the publication comprising at least one of a print edition of the at least one publication and a digital edition of the at least one publication.

8. (canceled)

11. A method of advertisement placement, comprising:

prompting for input from an end user device communicable over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in at least one publication wherein at least one input prompt is for a personal contact telephone number associated with a user placing the advertisement;

accepting input from the end user device indicative of the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication including the personal contact telephone number associated with a user placing the advertisement;

obtaining a private calling number from a number server, the private calling number being voice and short message service (SMS) enabled;

constructing the advertisement based on the accepted input indicative of the advertisement to be placed in the at least one publication using the private calling number as the contact telephone number in the advertisement;

setting up an SMS text message box to receive SMS text messages to the private calling number; and

setting up a voice mailbox for the private calling number such that;

(i) a voice mail greeting is played when the caller identification information for the incoming call does not match the personal contact number, and (ii) voice mailbox access is granted when the caller identification information does match the personal contact number.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

prompting for and accepting payment for the advertisement.

14. The method of claim 11, the input indicative of an advertisement to be placed in a publication comprising a plurality of:

an ad category, the at least one publication, ad text, a start date, a duration, an option to select the private calling number, a name, a short message service (SMS) enabled telephone number, an email address, and an indication of a level of service associated with the advertisement.

15. The method of claim 11, the publication comprising at least one of a print edition of the at least one publication and a digital edition of the at least one publication.

13. (canceled)