Novel method and system of anonymizing real time Internet communications between peers

• US 20070208845A1
• Filed: 02/02/2007
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Donald Mossman
• Original Assignee: Donald Mossman
• Inventors: Raheman, Fazal, Mossman, Donald
• Application Number:
  US11/701,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208845A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer

Abstract

A method and system of establishing a direct communication between two peers over the Internet without revealing their real identities and personal information to each other, comprising of a first client node, a second client node, an intermediate anonymizer server node, the first anonymizer interface and the second anonymizer interface.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a direct communication between two peers over the Internet without revealing their real identities and personal information to each other, the method comprising a first client node, a second client node, an intermediate anonymizer server node, the first anonymizer interface and the second anonymizer interface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first client node is a personal computer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first client node is a hand held communication device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first client node uses a VOIP enabled Internet messenger application that displays amongst the first client'"'"'s list of contacts, a link to the intermediate anonymizer server node.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first client initiates the communication with the second client by clicking on the link to the intermediate anonymizer server node.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the second client node is also a personal computer that receives the communication initiated by the first client.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the second client node is a communication device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the communication device is a handheld wireless mobile device.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the communication device is a landline telephone device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the anonymizer server uses the clients'"'"' real identification to connect to their devices but uses their virtual IDs to identify the clients to each other through their corresponding anonimizer interfaces.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first client anonimizer interface displays a list of first client'"'"'s list of anonymous contacts each identified only by their virtual identification and corresponding buttons to establish a communication link with the contacts.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the anonymous contacts'"'"' communication links display the current availability status of all of his contacts.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the second client anonimizer interface displays the calling client'"'"'s virtual identification only.

14. A system of establishing a direct communication between two peers over the Internet without revealing their real identities and personal information to each other, the system comprising a first client node, a second client node, an intermediate anonymizer server node, the first anonymizer interface and the second anonymizer interface.