Method and system for connecting two or more persons by telephone
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1. A method of connecting two or more persons by telephone without any person having to give their telephone coordinates, comprising:
- sending, by an inviting person, one or more invited persons a message containing an invitation to communicate directly by telephone, the invitation comprising one of a time and a time and date to communicate directly by telephone;
in response to the one or more invited persons agreeing, in response to the invitation, to participate in the communication by telephone, automatically creating, by a server, a single telephone number dedicated to connecting the inviting person and the one or more invited persons by telephone;
broadcasting, by the server, the dedicated single telephone number to the inviting person and to the invited person(s) who have agreed to participate in the communication by telephone; and
connecting two or more calls using the automatically created dedicated single telephone number thereby preventing the person(s) who have agreed to participate in the communication by telephone from having to give their telephone coordinates.
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Connecting two or more persons by telephone without any person having to give their telephone coordinates. A messaging server adapted to send to one or more invited persons a message sent by an inviting person and containing an invitation to communicate by telephone, to create automatically a number dedicated to a telephone call in which at least one invited person has agreed to participate, and to broadcast the dedicated number to the inviting person and to the invited person(s) who have agreed to participate. An exchange is adapted to connect at least two calls to the dedicated number.
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1. A method of connecting two or more persons by telephone without any person having to give their telephone coordinates, comprising:
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sending, by an inviting person, one or more invited persons a message containing an invitation to communicate directly by telephone, the invitation comprising one of a time and a time and date to communicate directly by telephone; in response to the one or more invited persons agreeing, in response to the invitation, to participate in the communication by telephone, automatically creating, by a server, a single telephone number dedicated to connecting the inviting person and the one or more invited persons by telephone; broadcasting, by the server, the dedicated single telephone number to the inviting person and to the invited person(s) who have agreed to participate in the communication by telephone; and connecting two or more calls using the automatically created dedicated single telephone number thereby preventing the person(s) who have agreed to participate in the communication by telephone from having to give their telephone coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for connecting two or more persons by telephone without any person having to give their telephone coordinates, comprising:
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a messaging server adapted to; send to one or more invited persons a message sent by an inviting person and containing an invitation to communicate directly by telephone, the invitation comprising one of a time and a time and date to communicate directly by telephone, automatically create a single telephone number dedicated to connecting the inviting person and the one or more invited persons by telephone in response to the one or more invited persons agreeing, in response to the invitation, to participate in the communication by telephone, and broadcast the single telephone dedicated number to the inviting person and to the invited person(s) who have agreed to participate in the communication by telephone; and an exchange adapted to connect two or more calls using the dedicated single telephone number thereby preventing the person(s) who have agreed to participate in the communication by telephone from having to give their telephone coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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