Patent ID: 7508927
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a call operation for a call associated with a caller private phone number, the method comprising: receiving, at a call processing system, from a caller a call intended for a user; receiving, at the call processing system, signaling information, including a private phone number associated with the caller; storing the private phone number in encrypted form in computer readable memory, wherein the user is prevented from viewing the private phone number; notifying the user of the call, via the call processing system, wherein the notification does not include the private phone number; enabling the user to call the private phone number without revealing the private phone number to the user, via an interface accessible via at least one user terminal, wherein the caller's private phone number does not appear on a telephone bill of the user as a result of the call to the caller's private phone number; receiving at the call processing system a caller identifier for the caller provided by the user; causing, at least in part, the caller identifier to be stored in computer readable memory with an association with the private caller phone number without revealing the private caller phone number to the user; and at least partly in response to a second call from the caller, providing via at least one terminal the user with a notification of the second call without revealing the private caller phone number to the user, the second call notification including the user provided caller identifier.