Patent ID: 9239999
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for establishing voice connections between users of a social network, the method comprising: authenticating a first user and a second user to access the social network; establishing, in response to authenticating the first and second users, a secure connection to a communications management system over a communications network, wherein the secure connection prevents caller identification information from being exchanged with other users on the social network; granting the first and second users access to the social network, via the communications management system, wherein the first and second users access the social network through their respective VoIP phones, wherein the social network includes a plurality of users connected to the communications management system, and wherein the first and second users each establish a respective user profile on the social network, wherein the respective user profile includes at least one criterion for establishing random one-on-one voice communications; receiving, via the communications management system, authorization to engage in random one-on-one voice communications from the first and second users; receiving a request to engage in random one-on-one voice communications from at least one of the first and second users; masking the voice of the first or the second user in response to user input received from the first or the second user; directly connecting, in response to receiving the request at the communications management system, the first user to the second user randomly for one-on-one voice communications, wherein: withholding caller identification information of the first user from the second user while directly connected.