Patent ID: 7899173
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a caller with a communication connection to a subscriber over a communication network, the network including: a data center including one or more contextual databases, the contextual databases storing a secure identity key for each respective subscriber and at least one context for each respective subscriber associated with the secure identity key; a caller network in communication with a caller database storing at least one context for a respective subscriber, the caller network also communicating with the one or more contextual databases; a subscriber network in communication with a subscriber database, the subscriber database storing subscriber contact and profile listing information, and associating the subscriber contact and profile listing information with the respective secure identity key, the subscriber network also communicating with the one or more contextual databases; receiving at the data center, from the caller network, a context for a targeted subscriber as entered by a caller, upon call initiation, on a caller communication device; using the one or more contextual databases to retrieve a matching context and the associated secure identity key without requiring use or exposure of the contact and profile listing information of the targeted subscriber; forwarding the retrieved secure identity key to the subscriber network; retrieving from the subscriber database the contact information of the targeted subscriber corresponding to the retrieved secure identity key; and providing the caller a communication connection to the targeted subscriber, without requiring that the subscriber contact information be released to the caller, to the caller network, or to the data center.