Patent ID: 9636053
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,H04L

Claim:
1. A processor-implemented method for sharing contact information of a first cell phone user with a second cell phone user, the method comprising using a server, said server having (i) one or more processors and (ii) memory, on a computer network to perform the steps of: identifying a cell phone number relating to the first cell phone user; using the one or more server processors to identify plural non-telephone communication identifiers corresponding to the identified cell phone number of the first cell phone user; storing the identified plural non-telephone communication identifiers corresponding to the first cell phone user in said server memory, and mapping in said server memory (i) the stored plural non-telephone communication identifiers corresponding to the first cell phone user to (ii) the cell phone number relating to the first cell phone user; storing in said server memory a list of cell phone numbers of other cell phone users authorized to receive the stored plural non-telephone communication identifiers corresponding to the first cell phone user; receiving at said server a request from the cell phone of the second cell phone user for the stored cell phone number of the first cell phone user; using the one or more server processors to determine whether the second cell phone user is pre-authorized to obtain the stored cell phone number of the first cell phone user; when the one or more server processors determines that the second cell phone user is pre-authorized to obtain the stored cell phone number of the first cell phone user, retrieving the stored plural non-telephone communication identifiers corresponding to the first cell phone user from said server memory; and using the one or more server processors to transmit the stored plural non-telephone communication identifiers corresponding to the first cell phone user to the cell phone of the second cell phone user, without receiving from the cell phone of the first cell phone user an authorization signal that is responsive to the second cell phone user request.