Patent ID: 7555525

Claim:
A system embedded in one or more computer readable storage mediums for providing a temporary contact alias, the system comprising: a database system operable to store at least one resource list comprising a plurality of contacts associated with at least one user, the plurality of contacts comprising at least one temporary contact at the instruction of said at least one user stored in said at least one resource list associated with said at least one user and at least one non-temporary contact, the at least one temporary contact being assigned an expiration period as the at least one temporary contact is added to the resource list and the at least one non-temporary contact not having an expiration period; a network interface operable to communicate with a plurality of users, including said at least one user, over a network which is operable to provide a communication medium between the plurality of users; a service manager component operable to notify the at least one user associated with the resource list of an accessibility of each of the plurality of contacts on the resource list; the service manager component operable to provide the at least one user an option of converting the at least one temporary contact to a permanent contact not having the expiration period upon the expiration of the at least one temporary contact, but prior to removing of the at least temporary contact.