Patent ID: 9473624
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A telecommunications method using a telecommunication system for enabling respondents to respond to advertisements for items advertised by or on behalf of advertisers, comprising: allocating an anonymous contact identifier (ACI) from a pool of ACI's to an item to be advertised by or on behalf of an advertiser; storing said ACI; storing information related to said item to be advertised; associating said ACI with a status, the status able to be updated and corresponding to whether said item is available for sale or not available for sale; storing said status; forwarding said ACI for provision to respondents in association with one or more advertisements for said item; receiving a communication from a respondent to said ACI; and making the ACI available for allocating to a different item to be advertised if the status indicates that the item associated with the ACI is not available for sale.