Patent ID: 7310515

Claim:
A method for anonymous identification of profiles of subscribers in a communications system comprising: defining subscriber-specific profiles via an input unit of a communication appliance and storing the subscriber-specific profiles in at least one of the communication appliance and a module that is coupled to the communication appliance, wherein the subscriber specific profile comprises an ID number; collecting a profile of another subscriber in the communications system through the module coupled to the communication appliance using wireless, locally restricted network technology, wherein the other subscriber profile comprises an ID number; comparing the collected profile with the profile defined and stored in one of the communication appliance and module, wherein the profile is one of rejected or signaled to another subscriber based on comparison with a subscriber specific correlation threshold; and establishing a communication connection between the subscribers via an intermediate provider in the communications system whenever subscriber end activation takes place, wherein the step of establishing a communication connection comprises (1) setting up a communication link between the subscriber and the intermediate provider, (2) signaling the stored ID numbers of the subscriber and the other subscriber to the intermediate provider, (3) setting up a communication link between the other subscriber and the intermediate provider, (4) signaling the stored ID numbers of the other subscriber and the subscriber to the intermediate provider, wherein the intermediate provider allocates a first neutral telephone number to the subscriber and allocates a second neutral telephone number to the other subscriber, and makes the each neutral telephone number available to the other subscriber, wherein a communication link is set up between the subscribers via the intermediate provider.