Patent ID: 8875231
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communications system comprising: a communication interface of a service processing system configured to receive a privacy request from a first communication device indicating a communication comprising a first user associated with the first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, send a query indicating the communication to a privacy system, receive a privacy message from the privacy system indicating whether the second user is private, and send a privacy instruction to the first communication device; a communication interface of the privacy system configured to receive the query; in response to the query, a processing system of the privacy system configured to select a privacy list for the first user from a plurality of privacy lists associated with a plurality of users, and process the query with the privacy list to determine whether the second user is on the privacy list; the communication interface of the privacy system configured to send the privacy message to the service processing system indicating that the second user is private; the first communication device in wireless communication with the service processing system via a communication network and configured to receive the privacy instruction, and update a log indicating the communication to not indicate the second user for the communication by at least changing a phone number for the second user in the log; and the communication interface of the service processing system configured to send the privacy instruction to a billing system, wherein the billing system updates a billing log to not indicate the second user for the communication.