Patent ID: 7177630

Claim:
A method for initiating a phone call between first and second users, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a call initiation request from the first user by a communication device of the second user where the call initiation request represents a desire to establish a phone call with the specific second user identified by the first user, the call initiation request including a primary phone number corresponding to a first user, the call initiation request being a communication not part of a protocol used to establish a phone call; storing the primary phone number to a computer readable memory associated with the communication device of the second user, where the primary phone number is riot obtained as part of an incoming phone call initiated by the first user; requesting an authorization from a second user to initiate the call by which the second user consents to the call; dialing the primary phone number if authorization from the second user is received; and automatically deleting the primary phone number from the memory upon receipt of the authorization from the second user to initiate the call.