Patents by Inventor Tu Thuy Cam TRAN

Tu Thuy Cam TRAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods to provide information and connect people for real time communications
    Patent number: 8838476
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections at a cost reduced via advertising. One embodiment includes: receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: YP Interactive LLC
    Inventors: Ebbe Altberg, Scott Faber, Ron Hirson, Tu Thuy Cam Tran, Sean Van Der Linden
  • Systems and Methods to Provide Information and Connect People for Real Time Communications
    Publication number: 20090070205
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections at a cost reduced via advertising. One embodiment includes: receiving a request from a first user over a data communication network; response to the request, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first user and a second telephonic connection to a second user to provide a telephonic connection between the first and second users; presenting an advertisement to at least one of the first and second users; and reducing a communication fee for the telephonic connection between the first and second users using a portion of an advertisement fee charged for the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: UTBK, INC.
    Inventors: Ebbe ALTBERG, Scott FABER, Ron HIRSON, Tu Thuy Cam TRAN, Sean VAN DER LINDEN