Non-associative Telephony via SIP Call Chain Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing VOIP and SMS communication systems lack the ability to manage non-associative communications, which is essential for maintaining privacy and anonymity, especially for individuals operating multiple businesses or personas.
Innovation Solution
The system employs a call chain management mechanism using SIP providers to route phone calls and SMS messages through leased numbers, allowing for strict, open, or default modes of operation, thereby enabling non-associative communications while maintaining privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional VOIP and SMS communication systems are used, then communication functionality is provided, but communication records are created that can be traced by third parties, compromising privacy and anonymity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediary devices (first and second communication devices) that act as mediators between the communicating parties. These intermediaries receive communications, create dummy records with fictitious party information, and forward the communications to the actual recipients. This intermediary layer prevents third parties from tracing the true communication paths while maintaining standard communication functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication system is segmented into multiple independent components: the actual communication devices, intermediary devices, and record-creation systems. Each segment performs a specific function - actual devices communicate, intermediaries mask identities and create dummy records, and the system collectively provides untraceable communication. This segmentation allows privacy protection without requiring complete system redesign.
2Adaptability or versatility
If communication records are maintained for billing and routing purposes, then service functionality is ensured, but the ability to maintain non-associative communications is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts communication records based on the type of communication desired. For standard communications, normal records are maintained for billing and routing. For non-associative communications, the system dynamically creates dummy records with fictitious information that breaks the association between communicating parties. This dynamic record management allows both standard and privacy-protected communications within the same system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of communication records by substituting real party information with dummy information containing fictitious names, phone numbers, and other identifiers. This parameter change transforms traceable records into non-associative records while maintaining the structural requirements for billing and routing functionality.
3Loss of information
If direct communication paths are used between parties, then communication efficiency is maximized, but privacy protection is compromised due to traceable interaction records
Solution Approach 1:
Intermediary devices are positioned strategically in the communication path to mask identities without significantly extending communication time. The intermediaries automatically process and forward communications, minimizing delays. The dummy records created by intermediaries prevent traceability while the automated forwarding mechanism ensures that the time added to communication routing remains minimal.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for managing non-associative communications between devices is provided. A first call chain that indicates a routing between phone numbers is stored. A first phone call or a first SMS text is received from a first session initiation protocol (SIP) provider. Based on information provided by the first SIP provider, (i) a sender identity of the first phone call or the first SMS text; (ii) a receiver identity of the first phone call or the first SMS text; and (iii) an access mode of the call chain are determined. If the receiver identity corresponds to a first phone number in the first call chain, a second phone call or a second SMS text is initiated via a second SIP provider, from a second phone number in the first call chain, based on the sender identity and the access mode.