IP Library Granted Patent US 9,479,344
Granted Patent B2
US 9,479,344 · App. 13/610,192 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Anonymous voice conversation

Inventors: Keith McFarland (Annapolis, MD); Vishal Jain (Annapolis, MD)
Assignee: Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
H04L12/1818H04L29/12433H04L51/28H04L63/0407H04L63/0421H04M1/571H04M3/42008
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Patent No.
US 9,479,344
App. No.
13/610,192
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (21)

1. A method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices, comprising:

intercepting a specifically addressed voice communication packet transmitted from an unregistered first digital voice communication device to an anonymous address of at least one registered destination digital voice communication device, said intercepted digital voice communication packet being specifically addressed to said anonymous address of said at least one registered destination digital voice communication device;

substituting for a real source address of said unregistered first digital voice communication device associated with said digital voice communication packet with an anonymous source address, in said intercepted digital communication packet; and

forwarding said intercepted digital voice communication packet to said intended registered destination.

2. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , further comprising:

querying an internal address mapping database to affiliate said anonymous address of said at least one registered destination digital voice communication device, with an actual destination destination address of said at least one registered destination digital voice communication device; and

querying said internal address mapping database to affiliate said real source address of said unregistered first digital voice communication device with said anonymous source address.

3. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said real source address comprises:

a mobile directory number.

4. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said real source address comprises:

an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

5. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said digital voice communication packet comprises:

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

6. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said digital voice communication packet comprises:

video.

7. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said digital voice communication packet comprises:

a short message.

8. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said digital voice communication packet comprises:

a multimedia message (MMS).

9. The method of providing full conversational anonymous voice communication between two or more digital voice communication devices according to claim 1 , wherein said digital voice communication packet comprises:

an instant message (IM).

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL 048104/FRAME 0080 Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM LLC; COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067780/0444 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2024
From: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 067776/0309 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH PST CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM CORPORATION; ANGELS ACQUISITION CORP.; ARMER COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.; COMTECH AEROASTRO, INC.; COMTECH ANTENNA SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH COMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH COMSTREAM, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; COMTECH TOLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TIERNAN RADYNE COMSTREAM, INC.; COMTECH CPI ELECTRON DEVICES CORP.; COMTECH CPI MICROWAVE CORP.; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.; NETWORKS IN MOTION, INC.; SOLVERN INNOVATIONS, INC.; MICRODATA, LLC; MICRODATA GIS, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND; NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA; OLIVE ACQUISITION LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048104/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: MCFARLAND, KEITH; JAIN, VISHAL
To: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 028936/0694 →
Continuity (6)
Provisional Application 61573161 · Sep 16, 2011
Provisional Application 61547250 · Oct 14, 2011
Provisional Application 61573162 · Sep 16, 2011
Provisional Application 61543470 · Oct 5, 2011
Provisional Application 61547244 · Oct 14, 2011
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