Patent ID: 9106704
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing, via a server system, a first advertisement of an advertiser via a network to an end-user computing device of a customer, the first advertisement including a mechanism for the customer to make a selection of the first advertisement; responsive to receiving an indication that the customer has made a selection of the first advertisement, obtaining, via the server system, a communication reference for the customer from the customer; responsive to obtaining the communication reference for the customer, establishing, via the server system, a connection for real-time communications using the communication reference; receiving, via the server system, from the customer, an indication of an acceptance of real-time communications or a rejection of the real-time communications; responsive to receiving, from the customer, the indication of the acceptance of the real-time communications, charging, via the server system, the advertiser an advertisement fee in response to initiating the real-time communications between the customer and the advertiser; and responsive to receiving, from the customer, the indication of the rejection of the real-time communications, blocking, via the server system, a selection by the customer of a second advertisement of the advertiser presented to the customer.