7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exchange between the cell phone of the first cell phone user and the cell phone of the second cell phone user comprises one of infrared (IR) signal communication or low power radio frequency (RF) signal communication between the cell phone of the first cell phone user and the cell phone of the second cell phone user.
1. A method for phone number encapsulation using a token based framework, comprising: a processor executing code in a memory to create a first plurality of generic tokens for a first cell phone user by a first cell phone service provider to which the first cell phone user is subscribed, wherein the first plurality of generic tokens resides with the first cell phone service provider and each include: a respective unique privacy token for the first cell phone user, wherein the respective unique privacy token includes a unique code identifying the first cell phone service provider and a respective unique token number; a phone number for a cell phone of the first cell phone user; and a respective privacy setting; issuing a first plurality of privacy tokens to the cell phone of the first cell phone user by the first cell phone service provider, wherein the first plurality of privacy tokens comprises the respective unique privacy token for each of the first plurality of generic tokens; receiving one of a second plurality of privacy tokens from the cell phone of the first cell phone user by the first cell phone service provider, wherein: the one of the second plurality of privacy tokens is associated with one of the first plurality of privacy tokens by the first cell phone user; the one of the second plurality of privacy tokens is received by the first cell phone user from a second cell phone user through an exchange between the cell phone of the first cell phone user and a cell phone of the second cell phone user; the second plurality of privacy tokens is received by the cell phone of the second cell phone user from a second cell phone service provider to which the second cell phone user is subscribed and comprises a respective unique privacy token for the second cell phone user corresponding to each of a second plurality of generic tokens for the second cell phone user created by the second cell phone service provider, wherein each respective unique privacy token includes a unique code identifying the second cell phone service provider and a respective unique token number, and the second plurality of generic tokens resides with the second cell phone service provider and each include the respective unique privacy token, a phone number for the cell phone of the second cell phone user, and a respective privacy setting; the one of the first plurality of privacy tokens is received by the second cell phone user from the first cell phone user through the exchange between the cell phone of the first cell phone user and the cell phone of the second cell phone user; the one of the first plurality of privacy tokens is associated with the one of the second plurality of privacy tokens by the second cell phone user; and the one of the first plurality of privacy tokens is received from the cell phone of the second cell phone user by the second cell phone service provider; and updating a one of the first plurality of generic tokens that includes the one of the first plurality of privacy tokens by adding the one of the second plurality of privacy tokens by the first cell phone service provider, wherein a one of the second plurality of generic tokens that includes the one of the second plurality of privacy tokens is updated by adding the one of the first plurality of privacy tokens by the second cell phone service provider; wherein the one of the first plurality of generic tokens and the one of the second plurality of generic tokens facilitate the first cell phone user to call the cell phone of the second cell phone user via the cell phone of the first cell phone user and the second cell phone user to call the cell phone of the first cell phone user via the cell phone of the second cell phone user without a disclosure of the phone number for the cell phone of the second cell phone user to the first cell phone user or an other party or a disclosure of the phone number for the cell phone of the first cell phone user to the second cell phone user or the other party.