Method and system of enabling electronic communication without knowledge of receiving party's electronic contact information
US8249945B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/4878
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
By providing identification information for a second party, a first party may access address profiles to send an electronic communication to the second party without knowing the electronic contact information for the second party. The address profiles are created by collecting electronic contact information from a plurality of public and private sources. A code may then be assigned to the information from each source for each party identified. Codes from respective sources may then be analyzed for similarities in order to identify codes that may correspond to the same party above a similarity threshold. When codes correspond above the similarity threshold for the same party, an address profile may be associated with the codes and may be associated with the same party. An internal identifier may then be assigned to the address profile to, for example, identify the address profile and/or the matched codes associated with the address profile so that the address profile may be accessed without knowledge of whose address profile is be accessed.
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