Patent ID: 8724782

Claim:
A method of making subsidized phone calls comprising: using the resources existent in the telecommunication network to make a phone call with some or all tariffed communication between a calling subscriber and a called subscriber paid by a sponsoring entity without the need for the calling subscriber to preregister, wherein the calling subscriber initiates the phone call to the called subscriber by dialing a single concatenated phone number, the concatenated phone number including a service code and the called subscriber's phone number, wherein the service code represents an address of a network platform; in return and with the calling subscriber's approval, sending the calling subscriber a message, commercial, advertising, promotional or institutional announcement of the sponsor, wherein the message, commercial, advertising, promotional or institutional announcement is played in its entirety to the calling subscriber before connecting the phone call to the called subscriber, and wherein the message, commercial, advertising, promotional or institutional announcement is not played during the phone call between the calling subscriber and the called subscriber.