Dynamic Phone Number Correlation for Secure Virtual Currency Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Click-To-Call (CTC) technologies fail to correlate a user's telephone number with their web identity, making it difficult to identify users and transfer virtual currency securely and efficiently, especially in online gaming and multi-user domains, due to privacy concerns and lack of methods to tie phone numbers to user accounts.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a Dynamic Number Insertion Service (DNIS) provisioning system that generates a dynamic phone number associable with a user's IP address, allowing for unique identification and secure transmission of virtual currency, while maintaining user privacy by not requiring users to supply their phone number.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional CTC technology is used where users supply their phone number to get a callback, then the site operator can identify the user and transfer virtual currency, but the user's privacy is compromised as their personal phone number is exposed to advertisers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a temporary callback number as an intermediary between the user and the site operator. The user provides this temporary number instead of their real phone number, allowing the site operator to identify and transfer virtual currency while keeping the user's actual phone number private. The temporary number acts as a mediator that enables communication without exposing sensitive personal information.
2Reliability
If the user's real phone number is captured on inbound call, then the site operator can identify the user for virtual currency transfer, but the user must give up their mobile number to the advertiser which creates privacy concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the user's identification information through the temporary callback number. Instead of using the user's real phone number directly, the system generates a temporary number that replicates the identification function. This copy allows the site operator to track and transfer virtual currency to the correct user without exposing the user's actual phone number to advertisers or third parties.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If no phone number correlation method is used, then user privacy is maintained, but the site operator cannot correlate phone numbers with user accounts making virtual currency transfer impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the identification process into two separate components: a temporary callback number that is provided by the user for identification purposes, and the user's real phone number that remains private. The temporary number is segmented from the real number, allowing the site operator to use the temporary number for correlation and identification while the real number remains protected and unexposed to third parties.
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AI summary
A method comprising directing a user equipped with a user's phone to a landing page in response to a call request to a call server communicatively coupled with a dynamic number insertion service (“DNIS”) provisioning server is disclosed. The user may be presented with an offer visible on the landing page such that the offer may be associable with the user's IP address. A user record may be created such that the user may be identifiable through a plurality of unique identifiers. A dynamic DNIS may be provisioned using the DNIS provisioning server such that a called ID associable with the landing page may be generated and the dynamic DNIS may be dialed such that the called ID may be captured. The user record may be matched using the dynamic DNIS and the dynamic DNIS may be released for re-use.