Private contact sharing

A system for obscured contact information sharing, the system comprising:

• a first user device comprising a processor configured to:
• receive, via an electronic communications interface of the first user device, a request from a second user device to provide an obscured contact, wherein the obscured contact includes a plurality of information elements;
• receive, via an electronic communications interface of the first user device from the second user device, the obscured contact and data about obscuring at least one of the plurality of information elements of the obscured contact, wherein the at least one information element includes contact information for sending communications and the data about obscuring includes a predetermined time for deletion of the obscured contact from the first user device;
• based on the data about obscuring the at least one information element, obscure, by an operating system of the first user device, the at least one information element of the obscured contact from presentation by the first user device to a user during the predetermined time;
• present to the user a contact list of one or more contacts including the obscured contact and select the obscured contact from the contact list, wherein the contact list presents an identifier for the obscured contact and the contact information for the obscured contact is obscured from presentation by the first user device to the user;
• send a communication using the contact information of the obscured contact during the predetermined time, wherein the communication includes one of a call, text message, and email message;
• receive, via an electronic communications interface of the first user device from the second user device during the predetermined time, a command including a new time and modify the predetermined time to the new time for deletion of the obscured contact from the first user device;
• and
• remove, by the operating system of the first user device, the obscured contact from contact information storage of the first user device in response to expiration of the modified predetermined time.

A computer program product for obscured contact information sharing, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• receive, via an electronic communications interface of a first user device, a request from a second user device to provide an obscured contact, wherein the obscured contact includes a plurality of information elements;
• receive, via an electronic communications interface of the first user device from the second user device, the obscured contact and data about obscuring at least one of the plurality of information elements of the obscured contact, wherein the at least one information element includes contact information for sending communications and the data about obscuring includes a predetermined time for deletion of the obscured contact from the first user device;
• based on the data about obscuring the at least one information element, obscure, by an operating system of the first user device, the at least one information element of the obscured contact from presentation by the first user device to a user during the predetermined time;
• present to the user, by the first user device, a contact list of one or more contacts including the obscured contact and select the obscured contact from the contact list, wherein the contact list presents an identifier for the obscured contact and the contact information for the obscured contact is obscured from presentation by the first user device to the user;
• send, via the first user device, a communication using the contact information of the obscured contact during the predetermined time, wherein the communication includes one of a call, text message, and email message;
• receive, via an electronic communications interface of the first user device from the second user device during the predetermined time, a command including a new time and modify the predetermined time to the new time for deletion of the obscured contact from the first user device;
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• remove, by the operating system of the first user device, the obscured contact from contact information storage of the first user device in response to expiration of the modified predetermined time.