Patent ID: 7664242
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for masking the identity of a user of a calling telephone, the system comprising: an information processor operable to receive over a public switched telephone network a telephone call from the calling telephone; a menu module provided by the information processor and operable to automatically provide to the user of the calling telephone a choice related to at least a destination telephone number and a user-defined telephone number to display; a telephone calling module provided by the information processor and operable to receive from the user of the calling telephone a destination telephone number, and further operable to call the destination telephone number; and a user-defined telephone number module provided by the information processor and operable to transmit to a telephone at the destination telephone number the user-defined telephone number that is defined by the user of the calling telephone, wherein the user-defined telephone number is different from the calling telephone's telephone number; wherein in response to selections made by the user in the menu module, the information processor masks the identity of the calling telephone by calling the destination telephone number and transmitting the user-defined telephone number as the telephone number of the calling telephone.