Patent ID: 8560733

Claim:
A service provider for allocating a URL to a callee that allows a caller to communicate with the callee, comprising: a web server for interacting with the callee via a data network to receive callee information including a preferred direct inward dial (DID) number of the callee; and a database for storing the callee information in association with the URL; an origination provider for receiving a call to a local DID number from the caller, the origination provider indicating to the service provider via the data network that the caller has dialed the local DID number; and a termination provider for receiving instruction from the service provider in response to an indication that the caller has dialed the local DID number to create a call to the callee using the preferred DID number; wherein the service provider is performing the steps of: generating the URL, determining, upon receiving via the web server an indication of the caller clicking on the URL, the local DID number, based upon a location of the caller, to allow the caller to communicate with the callee, sending the local DID number to the caller, and establishing a real-time bi-directional voice communication session between the caller and the callee using the origination provider and the termination provider.