Patent ID: 7949764

Claim:
A communications device for validating a sender of a communication, said communications device in communication with a service provider via a network, said communications device comprising: a communication initiated by an originating communications device; a means for assigning a purpose to said communication; and a means for conveying a validation status associated with said communication, said validation status comprising at least one of: valid; and invalid; wherein said validation status is operable for assigning accountability to a sender of said communication; a link to a service validator; and a link to a record storing information relating to said sender of said communication, said record including: legal liability information; an originator type code associated with said user operable for identifying said purpose of a communication, said originator type code: and a validation code assigned to selected originator type codes, said validation code operable for facilitating said validation status of said sender; wherein upon initiation of said communication by said originating communications device, said service validator performs: retrieving said record; and if said record contains said validation code, appending said originator type code to said communication; and alerting said recipient communications device of said communication.