Patent ID: 8819293

Claim:
A system for providing communication between a caller and a callee over a telephone and data network, the system comprising: a service provider including a web server, accessible by a caller and a callee, and a database including non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a callee contact identifier distinct from a callee phone number; an origination provider for receiving a call, to a caller local direct-inward-dial (DID) number, from the caller, the origination provider configured to transmit notification of a first communication from the caller to the caller local DID number; and, a termination provider for establishing a connection to the callee; wherein the service provider is configured to: receive an indication to establish a connection to the callee based upon a callee contact identifier distinct from a real identity of the callee, allocate the caller local direct-inward-dial (DID) number based upon a geographic location of the caller at the time the indication is received, send a communication request to the termination provider to configure a second communication to the callee using a callee local DID at the time the notification of the first communication is received, and establish a connection between the caller and the callee, via the origination provider and the termination provider, upon notification from the origination service provider that the caller has dialed the caller local DID.