Electronically referring a contact without divulging contact data

A device for communicating information, from an information source to a contact communication device, via a referrer device, the device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a network communication interface;
• and
• one or more memory storage devices configured to store a first set of instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the referrer device to perform operations to:
• encoding a referral container file with programming instructions configured to, upon execution by a processor of the contact communication device, cause the contact communication device to electronically request information from the information source via a communications network;
• embedding the referral container file in a first electronic message;
• and
• transmitting, via llallthe network communication interface, via the communications network, the first electronic message to the contact communication device.

A computer readable medium for communicating information, from an information source to a contact communication device, via a referrer device, the computer readable medium comprising one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a set of one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:

• encoding a referral container file with programming instructions configured to, upon execution by a processor of the contact communication device, cause the contact communication device to electronically request information from the information source via a communications network;
• embedding the referral container file in a first electronic message;
• and
• transmitting, via a network communication interface, via the communications network, the first electronic message to the contact communication device.