Phone number identification systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for connecting with users comprising:
- a database including records related to one or more second users, each of the second users being associated with an identifier, data, and a plurality of contact lists, wherein the data includes a plurality of data subsets, each data subset associated with each one of the plurality of contact lists;
a phone including a controller in communication with the database; and
a memory in communication with the controller, the memory including program instructions executable by the controller that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to;
provide a user interface that receives a phone call request from a first user, wherein the phone call request includes the identifier associated with a one of the second users and does not include the phone number associated with the one of the second users, and wherein the first user is on one of the plurality of contact lists of the one of the second users;
in response to receiving the phone call request, initiate the phone call over a telephone network from the phone to the phone number associated with the one of the second users, andreceive one data subset of the plurality of data subsets associated with the contact list of the one of the second users that includes the first user.
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Abstract
A system for initiating phone calls includes a database including records related to one or more second users, each of the second users being associated with an identifier and a phone number, a phone including a controller in communication with the database, and a memory in communication with the controller. The memory including program instructions executable by the controller that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to provide a user interface that receives a phone call request from a first user, wherein the phone call request includes the identifier associated with a one of the second users and does not include the phone number associated with the one of the second users, and, in response to receiving the phone call request, initiating the phone call over a telephone network from the phone to the phone number associated with the one of the second users.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for connecting with users comprising:
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a database including records related to one or more second users, each of the second users being associated with an identifier, data, and a plurality of contact lists, wherein the data includes a plurality of data subsets, each data subset associated with each one of the plurality of contact lists; a phone including a controller in communication with the database; and a memory in communication with the controller, the memory including program instructions executable by the controller that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to; provide a user interface that receives a phone call request from a first user, wherein the phone call request includes the identifier associated with a one of the second users and does not include the phone number associated with the one of the second users, and wherein the first user is on one of the plurality of contact lists of the one of the second users; in response to receiving the phone call request, initiate the phone call over a telephone network from the phone to the phone number associated with the one of the second users, and receive one data subset of the plurality of data subsets associated with the contact list of the one of the second users that includes the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
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8. A method of connecting with users, comprising:
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providing a system comprising; a database including records related to one or more second users, each of the second users being associated with an identifier, data, and a plurality of contact lists, wherein the data includes a plurality of data subsets; a first phone including a first controller in communication with the database; and a second phone including a second controller in communication with the database; receiving a phone call request from a first user, wherein the phone call request includes the identifier of the associated with one of the second users and does not include the phone number associated with the one of the second users, and wherein one of a first contact list and a second contact list of the plurality of contact lists of the one of the second user includes the first user; if the first contact list includes the first user, initiating the phone call over a telephonic network from the first phone to the phone number of the one of the second users; if the second contact list includes the first user, receiving a data subset of the plurality of data subsets associated with the second contact list of the one of the second users on the first phone. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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