Patent ID: 7945031
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An Internet-based method for alerting an individual with an unlisted telephone number that an acquaintance wishes to contact that individual, comprising the steps of: a) establishing, by a webmaster, a website having an administrator; b) registering, by the individual with the unlisted telephone number, the unlisted telephone number of the individual on the website for a recurring fee after the individual has been guaranteed confidentiality; c) logging onto the website, by the acquaintance; d) determining, by the acquaintance, if the individual the acquaintance is trying to contact is in fact registered on the website; e) terminating, if answer to said determining step is no; f) paying a fee, by the acquaintance, if answer to said determining step is yes; g) entering information on the website, by the acquaintance, pertaining to the acquaintance for helping the individual with the unlisted telephone number recognize the acquaintance, and contact information of the acquaintance including the telephone number of the acquaintance; h) forwarding, by the administrator of the website, the information of the acquaintance to the individual with the unlisted number; i) simultaneously, informing the acquaintance, by the administrator of the website, that the information of the acquaintance has been forwarded to the individual with the unlisted number; and j) determining using the information of the acquaintance, by the individual with the unlisted telephone number, if the individual with the unlisted telephone number wants to contact the acquaintance.