Patent ID: 8239531

Claim:
A system for establishing a private communication relationship between a consumer communication device and a first company, the system comprising: a network interface to be communicatively coupled to the consumer communication device, the network interface to receive an identifier associated with a consumer; a server to configure the network interface to establish the private communication relationship between the consumer communication device and a company communication device associated with the first company using the identifier associated with the consumer; and a security manager, implemented using at least one tangible computer readable storage media, to provide the first company with a number of private communication relationships associated with the consumer and managed by the security manager in response to the security manager receiving a request from the consumer for the private communication relationship with the first company, wherein the number or private communication relationships associated with the consumer and managed by the security manager comprises a private communication relationship established with a second company other than the first company, and wherein, when the consumer requests a second private communication relationship with a third company that is not registered with the security manager to conduct private communication relationships, the security manager is to request the third company to participate in private communication relationships with consumers registered with the security manager.