Systems and methods to provide connections via callback acceptance

摘要

Systems and methods to selectively block calls from reaching destinations based on an input received from a callback connection. One embodiment includes a web server to receive a selection of an advertisement from an customer and to obtain a communication reference from the customer in response to the selection; a session border controller to interface with a packet switched network; and one or more telecommunication servers coupled to the session border controller and the web server, the one or more telecommunication servers to establish a connection for real time communications using the communication reference, to initiate a connection for real time communications with an advertiser of the advertisement after receiving an indication of acceptance of the connection established using the communication reference; where the advertiser is charged an advertisement fee in response to establishing a connection for real time communications between the advertiser and the customer.

主权项

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,
initiating, via the server system, the real-time communications between the customer and the advertiser at least in part by a connection server of the server system directing a first virtual softphone and a second virtual softphone to establish a direct media connection, which does not go through the connection server, wherein the first virtual softphone terminates a first voice over Internet protocol connection for bridging onto a public switched telephone network, and the second virtual softphone terminates a second voice over Internet protocol connection for bridging onto the public switched telephone network, and 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.