Virtual Number Binding for Privacy Protection in Communication Servers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network systems struggle to protect user privacy, particularly phone numbers, which are often leaked during transactions, leading to issues like phone fraud and spam, as users are required to share their numbers for communication with third parties.
Innovation Solution
A communication method and server system that binds two users' communication numbers to an intermediate communication number, allowing them to establish communication without revealing each other's actual numbers, using a number management server to manage and allocate intermediate communication numbers and convert call requests accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users provide their phone numbers to third parties for communication, then communication functionality is enabled, but user privacy is exposed and leaked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual number as an intermediary between the user's real phone number and third parties. The virtual number acts as a mediator that enables communication functionality while preventing direct exposure of the user's actual phone number. The system maps calls to the virtual number to the user's real number through number mapping relationships managed by the server, thus achieving both communication enablement and privacy protection simultaneously.
2Productivity
If existing network systems collect and store user phone numbers for transaction facilitation, then communication efficiency is improved, but privacy leakage risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the phone number information from the direct user-third party communication path and relocates it to a virtual number space managed by the system. Instead of third parties directly obtaining and storing user phone numbers, the system extracts this sensitive information and replaces it with virtual numbers that third parties interact with. This extraction eliminates the privacy leakage risk while maintaining communication efficiency through the virtual number mapping mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users share their phone numbers widely for various communication needs, then communication accessibility is enhanced, but vulnerability to fraud and spam increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the user's phone number in the form of a virtual number that can be freely shared and distributed to multiple third parties. This virtual number copy performs the communication function without being the original real phone number. Users can provide the same virtual number to multiple parties for various communication needs, enhancing accessibility while the system's number mapping ensures that all communications are routed securely to the user's real number, preventing fraud and spam risks associated with widespread real number sharing.
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AI summary
A communication method includes receiving a query request sent by a basic communication server, the query request including at least one of a current calling number or an intermediate communication number; finding target binding information corresponding to a communication number included in the query request from stored binding information according to the query request, the target binding information including a calling number and a called number that are bound to the intermediate communication number; setting up number information, the number information including at least the called number included in the target binding information; and sending the number information to the basic communication server. The communication method can effectively protect the privacy of users.