Patent ID: 8798036
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing communication between a first and second user over a communications network, said second user being associated with contact information for a plurality of destination nodes, the method comprising: allocating to the contact information for the plurality of destination nodes an identity from a set of available identities by randomly selecting the identity from the set of available identities; displaying hyperlinks including said identity on a display and as part of a web resource, wherein each of the hyperlinks is associated with a different destination node type for the plurality of destination nodes and does not include the contact information for a respective one of the destination nodes; receiving an indication of a selection of one of said hyperlinks; responsive to receiving said indication, transmitting from a client associated with the first user, a message to initiate communication with at least one of the destination nodes that corresponds to a selected one of the hyperlinks, said message comprising said identity and said identity being configured to be translated by a network resource to contact information for the at least one destination node to enable initiation of said communication; monitoring a connection with the at least one destination node over the communications network; and reporting one or more events related to the connection to an operator of the web resource, the one or more events including at least one of a call start event, a call end event, an error event, an instant messaging sent event, or an instant messaging received event.