Patent ID: 9635185
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A method performed by a central networked server, comprising: receiving participant information from a plurality of individuals, said participant information comprising a communication contact address and an acceptable contact window and recording the participant information at the central networked server; selecting at least two individuals from the plurality of individuals, said selection based upon a pre-existing relationship between the at least two individuals and an overlap between the acceptable contact window of each of the at least two individuals; and at a time within the overlap between the acceptable contact windows and shortly after the pre-call notification, initiating a call from the central networked server to each of the at least two individuals, said initiating to withhold an identity of at least one of the at least two individuals from at least another of the at least two individuals until a predetermined time after initiating the call.