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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Keith Mcfarland, Annapolis, MD (US);

Vishal Jain, Annapolis, MD (US);

Inventors:

Keith McFarland, Annapolis, MD (US);

Vishal Jain, Annapolis, MD (US);

Assignee:

Telecommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2539 (2013.01); H04L 51/28 (2013.01); H04L 61/2525 (2013.01); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anonymous communication module that provides full conversational anonymous messaging and voice/video communication between two or more parties interacting over a wireless/landline network. An anonymous messaging module accepts an anonymous initiation message to a public address to trigger the start of an anonymous voice/video conversation between a message originator and a message recipient. An anonymous communication module performs intercept and address substitution on a message and/or voice/video call transmitted between two or more parties via an anonymous communication service. The anonymous communication module substitutes a real address in the source field of an intercepted message and/or voice/video call, with an anonymous address mapped to that real address, and substitutes an anonymous address in the destination field of an intercepted message and/or voice/video call with a real address mapped to that anonymous address. The anonymous communication module then forwards the newly formatted message and/or voice/video call to an intended message/call destination.


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