Patent ID: 8364847
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: initiating through a first provider a connection from a first user on a connectivity platform to a second user, the first user associated with a first user address; generating a new first user address for the first user responsive to determining that one or more addresses associated with the second user are the same as the first user address; initiating through a second provider a connection from the first user to a third user, the second provider not the same as the first provider; generating a second new first user address for the first user responsive to determining that one or more addresses associated with the third user are the same as the first user address; and denying connectivity between the first user and the second user and between the first user and the third user responsive to determining that one or more addresses associated with the third user are in conflict with one or more addresses associated with the second user.