Keeping conversations confidential

A computer program product for keeping confidential records pertaining to a subset of selected communications among all communications made with a mobile communication device, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive a user input designating a subset of contacts among all the contacts stored in the communication device with whom all future communications made with the mobile communication device are to remain confidential;
• computer readable program code configured to store the designated subset of contacts in a local private contact list on the mobile communication device wherein the local private contact list includes names of one or more users identified by telephone numbers or e-mail addresses;
• computer readable program code configured to transmit the local private contact list from the mobile communication device to a server storing records pertaining to communications made with the mobile communication device;
• computer readable program code configured to automatically synchronize the transmitted local private contact list with a corresponding server private contact list stored on the server;
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• computer readable program code configured to generate, by the server, an online version of a billing statement for the communications made with the communication device based on information stored on the server and checking against the server private contact list for the one or more users, wherein records pertaining to communications made with contacts in the server private contact list are displayed as an alias on the statement, and different viewing rights are associated with the different types of identities of the one or more users wherein the records are displayed as aliases based on a user identifier type that was used when logging onto the server to view the online billing statement.

A system for keeping confidential records pertaining to selected communications made with a communication device, the system comprising:

• a mobile communication device operable to:
• receive a user input designating a subset of contacts among all the contacts stored in the communication device with whom all future communications made with the mobile communication device are to remain confidential;
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• store the designated subset of contacts in a local private contact list on the mobile communication device wherein the local private contact list includes names of one or more users identified by telephone numbers or e-mail addresses;
• a server operable to:
• receive information from the mobile communication device about the designated one or more contacts;
• store records pertaining to communications made with the mobile communication device;
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• automatically synchronize the transmitted local private contact list with a corresponding server private contact list stored on the server;
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• a computing device operable to:
• generate an online version of a billing statement for the communications made with the communication device based on information stored on the server and checking against the server private contact list for the one or more users, wherein records pertaining to communications made with contacts in the server private contact list are displayed as an alias on the statement, and different viewing rights are associated with the different types of identities of the one or more users wherein the records are displayed as aliases based on a user identifier type that was used when logging onto the server to view the online billing statement.