Patent ID: 9083797
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a request received from a caller to contact a mobile telephone user, the mobile telephone user having a telephone number, the method, comprising: receiving the request from the caller, the request including information provided by the caller, the information including a name of the mobile telephone user and additional information to distinguish the mobile telephone user from other mobile telephone users, the information not including the telephone number; disambiguating the mobile telephone user using the name and additional information provided by the caller, wherein the caller provides the additional information without having to be instructed to provide additional information after the request is received; after disambiguating the mobile telephone user, accessing a profile for the mobile telephone user indicating whether to connect the caller to the mobile telephone user using a telephone number of the mobile telephone user or to notify the mobile telephone user that the caller is requesting to contact the mobile telephone user; and processing the request in accordance with the profile.