Communication system and method

摘要

A method of establishing communication between a first and second user over a communications network, the second user being associated with contact information for at least one destination node. The method comprises allocating the contact information for the at least one destination node an identity from a set of available identities and displaying a hyperlink containing the identity on a display, wherein the hyperlink does not contain the contact information of the second user. The method also comprises the first user viewing the display using a terminal connected to the communications network and activating the hyperlink, and responsive to activating the hyperlink, transmitting from a client executed on the terminal a message to initiate communication, the message comprising the identity. The method further comprises, responsive to receiving the message at a network node, the network node translating the identity to the contact information for the at least one destination node, and the network node selecting one or more destination nodes from the at least one destination node and establishing a connection over the communications network between the client and the selected one or more destination nodes using the contact information.

主权项

1. A method of establishing communication between a first and second user over a communications network, said second user being associated with contact information for a plurality of destination nodes, the method comprising:
allocating to the contact information for the plurality of destination nodes an identity from a set of available identities by randomly selecting the identity from the set of available identities; displaying hyperlinks including said identity on a display and as part of a web resource, wherein each of the hyperlinks is associated with a different destination node type for the plurality of destination nodes and does not include the contact information for a respective one of the destination nodes; receiving an indication of a selection of one of said hyperlinks; responsive to receiving said indication, transmitting from a client associated with the first user, a message to initiate communication with at least one of the destination nodes that corresponds to a selected one of the hyperlinks, said message comprising said identity and said identity being configured to be translated by a network resource to contact information for the at least one destination node to enable initiation of said communication; monitoring a connection with the at least one destination node over the communications network; and reporting one or more events related to the connection to an operator of the web resource, the one or more events including at least one of a call start event, a call end event, an error event, an instant messaging sent event, or an instant messaging received event.