Patent ID: 9386164
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: installing, in a mobile device, a mobile application, including associating the mobile application on the mobile device with a communication reference of the mobile device; presenting, on the mobile device, a call button in the mobile application, the call button associated with a callee; in response to a user activation of the call button, transmitting, by the mobile application running in the mobile device, a request to a connection server, the request identifying the callee and the communication reference; receiving, in the mobile application, a response to the request, the response including a call-in reference of the connection server, wherein the connection server is configured to associate the call-in reference with the communication reference of the mobile device and the callee; and initiating, by the mobile device, a call to the connection server using the call-in reference provided in the response to the request, wherein the connection server is configured to authenticate the call based on the association between the call-in reference and the communication reference of the mobile device and connect the call to the callee after the call is authenticated.