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Methods and apparatuses to track information via passing information during telephonic call process

US9094486B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9094486-B2
Application numberUS-76193207-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 12, 2007
Priority dateSep 28, 2005
Publication dateJul 28, 2015
Grant dateJul 28, 2015

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Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications via a telephonic apparatuses that support data communications. In one embodiment, a telephonic apparatus includes: a network interface to submit a query over a data communication network and to receive a listing with embedded information about the query; and a call module coupled to the network interface, the call module to provide the received information about the query in a message sent over the data communication network for a telephonic connection according to the listing. In one embodiment, the telephonic apparatus receives a telephonic reference of a callee of the listing as a response to the message and initiates a telephonic connection to the callee using the telephonic reference of the callee received as a response to the message. In another embodiment, telephonic apparatus receives a callback responsive to the message for the telephonic connection.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method implemented in a telephonic apparatus, comprising: submitting, by the telephonic apparatus, a query for a listing over a data communication network to a server; receiving, by the telephonic apparatus, the listing over the data communication network from the server, the listing embedded with information including first information identifying the query used to identify the listing, wherein the first information identifying the query comprises one o…

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What does patent US9094486B2 cover?
Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications via a telephonic apparatuses that support data communications. In one embodiment, a telephonic apparatus includes: a network interface to submit a query over a data communication network and to receive a listing with embedded information about the query; and a call module coupled to the network interface, the call module to provide the …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Altberg Ebbe, Faber Scott, Hirson Ron, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L63/0428. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jul 28 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).