Patent ID: 8401172
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of processing credits associated with calls, comprising: receiving, over a data network, at a communication management system, a first set of parameters associated with a user selection of an item of information provided by a publisher for display on a mobile device of the first user, wherein the item of information is provided for display at a first location in a first user interface; storing in computer readable memory the first set of parameters; receiving, at the communication management system, location information identifying a first geographic location of the first user's mobile device wherein the geographic location is determined at least in part using GPS (Global Position Satellite) information, and the first geographic location corresponds to a geographic location of the first user's mobile device at substantially the same time the first user selected the item of information; providing for display on a second user interface on the first user's mobile device a connect user mobile device control; receiving at the communication management system a selection by the first user of the connect user mobile device control; generating a first outbound call from the communication management system to a phone address based at least in part on the location information identifying the first geographic location, corresponding to the geographic location of the first user's mobile device; bridging the first user's mobile device and the first outbound call to provide a completed call; storing an indication in memory that the publisher is to be credited with respect to the completed call; and providing for display over the data network by the communication management system a transaction report listing one or more completed calls and their associated set of parameters.