Patent ID: 8369834

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a user device, a first request to generate a pseudo device identifier, associated with the user device, where the pseudo device identifier enables the user device to communicate with a server device without using an identifier associated with the user device; retrieving, from a memory associated with the user device and in response to the first request, the identifier associated with the user device; generating, by the user device and using a mathematical function, the pseudo device identifier based on the identifier associated with the user device, where the pseudo device identifier is generated in a format corresponding to a telephone number; sending, by the user device and to the server device, a second request to register the user device, where the second request includes the pseudo device identifier; receiving, by the user device and from the server device, a confirmation code that indicates that user device has been registered with the server device; sending, by the user device and to the server device, a third request for the information associated with the server device, where the third request includes the confirmation code; and receiving, by the user device and from the server device, information associated with the server device.