Time-based nano-transaction system for reducing unsolicited communications

A method for selectively connecting an originator node to a recipient node over a telecommunications link, the method comprising:

• receiving, on a central server, an incoming telecommunications initiation request including a recipient node identifier and a refundable nano-transaction payment submission defined at least by a payment amount;
• storing the refundable nano-transaction payment submission in a processor ledger on the central server;
• directing the establishment of the telecommunications link from the originator node to the recipient node upon storing the refundable nano-transaction payment submission;
• initiating a connection timer once the telecommunications link between the originator node and the recipient node is established;
• evaluating a legitimacy or illegitimacy of the telecommunications initiation request based upon a connection duration as measured by the connection timer;
• and
• settling the refundable nano-transaction payment submission based upon the evaluated legitimacy or illegitimacy of the telecommunications link initiation request without additional user intervention on either the originator node or the recipient node.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory program storage medium readable by a central server data processing apparatus, the medium tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the central server data processing apparatus to perform a method of selectively connecting an originator node to a recipient node of a telecommunications link, the method comprising:

• receiving, on a central server, an incoming telecommunications initiation including a recipient node identifier and a refundable nano-transaction payment submission defined at least by a payment amount;
• storing the refundable nano-transaction payment submission in a processor ledger on the central server;
• directing the establishment of the telecommunications link from the originator node to the recipient node upon storing the refundable nano-transaction payment submission;
• initiating a connection timer once the telecommunications link between the originator node and the recipient node is established;
• evaluating a legitimacy or illegitimacy of the telecommunications initiation request based upon a connection duration as measured by the connection timer;
• and
• settling the refundable nano-transaction payment submission based upon the evaluated legitimacy or illegitimacy of the telecommunications link initiation request without additional user intervention on either the originator node or the recipient node.

A method for connecting an originator node to a recipient node over a telecommunications link, the method comprising:

• receiving, on a central server, an incoming telecommunications initiation request including a recipient node identifier and a refundable nano-transaction payment submission;
• storing the refundable nano-transaction payment submission in a processor ledger on the central server;
• directing the establishment of the telecommunications link from the originator node to the recipient node based upon an inclusion of the originator node in a recipient opt-in list;
• and
• evaluating a legitimacy or illegitimacy of the telecommunications initiation request as a payment condition;
• settling the refundable nano-transaction payment submission based upon the payment condition without additional user intervention on either the originator node or the recipient node.