Patent ID: 8838476
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, via a connection server, a request from a first user over a data communication network to make a requested telephonic connection between the first user and a second user; in response to the request from the first user establishing, via the connection server, a first telephonic connection between the connection server and the first user and a second telephonic connection between the connection server and the second user; receiving, from the first user, a selection indicating that the first user wishes to receive an advertisement in conjunction with the requested telephonic connection; in response to the selection from the first user to receive the advertisement, presenting, via the connection server, the advertisement to the first user utilizing the first telephonic connection; bridging, via the connection server, the first telephonic connection and the second telephonic connection to provide the requested telephonic connection; receiving, via the connection server, a selection from the first user indicating that the advertisement is to be presented to the second user via the second telephonic connection; and reducing a communication fee for the requested telephonic connection between the first user and the second user using a portion of an advertisement fee charged to an advertiser for presenting the advertisement.