Patent ID: 8532276
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: presenting, over a network, to a user, information of a callee, wherein the information of the callee is associated with a telephonic reference; and wherein the telephonic reference associated with the information of the callee comprises an encrypted version of a plurality of different telephonic references of the callee: receiving, by a computing device, via the telephonic reference, a request from the user for a telephonic connection to the callee; initiating, by the computing device, a respective one of a first plurality of concurrent calls via a peer-to-peer network to each of the plurality of different telephonic references of the callee, wherein each of the plurality of different telephonic references are called for a predetermined period of time; in response to the first plurality of concurrent calls being answered within the predetermined period of time, joining, using the computing device, the first plurality of concurrent calls into a conference; and charging the callee an advertisement fee for each connection of the user to the callee via the telephonic reference associated with the information of the callee.