MASKING PHONE NUMBERS
First Claim
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1. A computer-readable medium to store one or more executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
- receive a roster of changeable phone numbers that are assignable to a target phone;
register a presence of the target phone to a local cell site;
receive a request for one of the changeable phone numbers that is assigned to the target phone for a current time frame; and
facilitate a phone call intended for the target phone at an assigned one of the changeable phone numbers that is assigned to the target phone for the current time frame.
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Abstract
In one example of masking phone numbers, a roster of changeable phone numbers may be assigned to a target phone, a presence of the target phone may be registered to a local cell site, a request for one of the changeable phone numbers that is assigned to the target phone for a current time frame may be received, and a phone call that is intended for the target phone may be facilitated using an assigned one of the changeable phone numbers that is assigned to the target phone for the current time frame.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium to store one or more executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
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receive a roster of changeable phone numbers that are assignable to a target phone; register a presence of the target phone to a local cell site; receive a request for one of the changeable phone numbers that is assigned to the target phone for a current time frame; and facilitate a phone call intended for the target phone at an assigned one of the changeable phone numbers that is assigned to the target phone for the current time frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a server configured to provide make available a plurality of changeable phone numbers for multiple mobile phones; an application configured to assign at least a portion of the plurality of changeable phone numbers to one or more static phone numbers on a rotating basis; and a target mobile phone, to which the static phone number is assigned, configured to receive calls that are forwarded to one of the plurality of changeable phone numbers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A phone, comprising:
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an assigned static phone number; a SIM module configured to change a current dialing number of the phone upon every passage of a predetermined amount of time; and a masking module configured to register the current dialing number of the phone upon every passage of the predetermined amount of time with a local cell cite. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. The phone of claim 22, wherein the masking service assigned the plurality of available dialing numbers to multiple mobile phones, and the masking module is further configured to prevent the phone from receiving calls that are forwarded to the current dialing number that has been used by one of the multiple mobile phones within a predetermined amount of time.
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