Systems and methods to facilitate real time communications and commerce via answers to questions

摘要

Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications and commerce via answers presented to questions. One embodiment includes one or more web servers to receive from a second user an answer to a question of a first user, and to present the answer with a communication reference of a connection provider to a third user; a session border controller of the connection provider to interface with a packet switched network; and one or more telecommunication servers of the connection provider coupled with the session border controller to connect the third user to the second user for real time communications in response to a request made via the communication referenced. One embodiment includes: receiving from a second user an answer to a question of a first user; and presenting to a third user the answer with a reference for requesting fee-based content from or real time communications with the second user.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a web server comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, to present a question received from a first user to a plurality of users, to receive a first answer and a second answer to the question from a second user, wherein the second user is one of the plurality of users, and to:
access relationship data corresponding to a social network of which the second user and a third user are members, wherein (a) the social network comprises a social structure that represents a network of the plurality of users, (b) the relationship data comprises connections between the plurality of users that represent social connections, and (c) a social distance between any two users of the plurality of users is determined based at least in part the social structure and the connections between the any two users of the plurality of users;based at least in part on the relationship data, rank the second user according to the social distance between the second user and the third user with respect the social network;present the first answer and the second answer with a communication reference of the second user to the third user and with an identification of the ranking of the second user according to the social distance, wherein:
the communication reference is operative to request fee-based communications between the third user and the second user in response to a selection of the reference by the third user;the third user is charged a fee for the fee-based communications;the communication reference is associated with a connection provider; andthe second answer is an introductory answer for a fee-based answer and is presented with a user-selectable option to view the fee-based answer; a session border controller of the connection provider to interface with a packet switched network; and a telecommunication server of the connection provider coupled with the session border controller to connect the third user to the second user for real time communications in response to a request made via the communication reference.