Patent ID: 9026084
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for enhanced privacy protection in a telecommunication network in which a privacy service of a network operator is applied to a subscriber communicating with other parties, the method implemented at a server device in the telecommunication network during a call setup procedure and comprising: identifying, at the server device, the subscriber applying the privacy service of the network operator in correlation to the other parties; identifying, at the server device, a phone number of another party communicating with the subscriber in the privacy service; assigning, at the server device during the call setup procedure, a virtual phone number that is unique to the relation between the subscriber and the phone number of the another party communicating with the subscriber, wherein assigning the virtual phone number comprises automatically generating the virtual phone number responsive to the subscriber generating a first call towards the another party and is connected to the called number; at the server device, rejecting calls towards the virtual phone number initiated by a calling party that is different from the party the virtual number is assigned to; and at the server device, setting up calls towards the virtual phone number initiated by a calling party that is identical to the party the virtual number is assigned to.