Method and apparatus for obtaining telephone numbers
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1. A method for selectively providing information concerning wireless phone numbers, the method comprising:
- maintaining a database which identifies the wireless phone numbers of a group of persons listed in the database and for each such wireless phone number maintaining a profile indicating a set of conditions under which the wireless phone number can be provided to third parties;
receiving a request from a third party for the wireless phone number of a person in the group; and
providing the wireless phone number to the third party if the set of conditions associated with that wireless phone number have been met.
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A method and system for selectively providing information concerning wireless phone numbers maintain a database which identifies the wireless phone numbers of a group of persons listed in the database and, for each such wireless phone number, maintain a profile indicating a set of conditions under which the wireless phone number can be provided to third parties. Requests for wireless phone numbers of persons in the group are received from third parties. The wireless phone numbers are provided to the third party if a set of conditions associated with that wireless phone number have been met.
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1. A method for selectively providing information concerning wireless phone numbers, the method comprising:
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maintaining a database which identifies the wireless phone numbers of a group of persons listed in the database and for each such wireless phone number maintaining a profile indicating a set of conditions under which the wireless phone number can be provided to third parties;
receiving a request from a third party for the wireless phone number of a person in the group; and
providing the wireless phone number to the third party if the set of conditions associated with that wireless phone number have been met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for selectively providing information concerning wireless phone numbers, the system comprising:
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a database which identifies the wireless phone numbers of a group of persons listed in the database and for each such wireless phone number maintains a profile indicating a set of conditions under which the wireless phone number can be provided to third parties;
means for examining the profile of each of the wireless phone numbers requested by a third party and providing the wireless phone number to the third party if the set of conditions associated with that wireless phone number have been met. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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