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Provisional application No. 60/230,021, ?led on Sep. 5, 2000, now Pat. No. 7,099,304.
Primary ExamineriRober‘t W Wilson (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiKolisch Hartwell, PC.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/66
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(2006.01)
Anonymous voice communication between a ?rst station and a second station is facilitated by providing an interface that allows input of a transaction speci?cation from at least one of the ?rst and second stations. A reference code associ ated with the transaction is generated, there being a de?ned relationship between the reference code and the address of the second station for voice communication. The reference code is supplied to the ?rst station, and a voice communica tion request and the reference code are received from the ?rst station. The reference code is used to recover said address and a channel for voice communication is opened between said ?rst and second stations. Voice communication can thereby be established between the ?rst and second stations without providing the address of the second station to the ?rst station.
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