Patent ID: 7570966

Claim:
A system comprising a private instant communications processing element for connection in a private communication network and for use in conjunction with a first carrier network, the first carrier network providing wireless access to a first plurality of wireless user devices operative in the first carrier network, the first plurality of wireless user devices comprising a first plurality of private user devices associated with the private communication network, each said first private user device being uniquely associated with a corresponding one of a first plurality of user identifiers for user identification, the first carrier network routing signals from the first plurality of private user devices to the private instant communications processing element of the private communication network, the private instant communications processing element being adapted to: assign a generic identifier for the first plurality of private user devices in a carrier network delivered instant communications session; for each said first private user device in the instant communications session: receive, via the first carrier network, instant communications signals from said first private user device; perform instant communications signal processing upon receiving the instant communications signals for producing a combined signal having with the generic identifier instead of the user identifier of said first private user device; and transmit, via the first carrier network, the instant communications signals in the combined signal with the generic identifier to a carrier instant communications processing element of the first carrier network for communication to other wireless user devices operative in the first carrier network, so that the instant communications signals are received without the user identifier of said first private user device being revealed.