Patent ID: 9325839
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: an authentication system receiving a request via a communications network to approve a future call to the remote service using a calling identifier associated with the calling party, the authentication system recording an approval of the future call subject to the future call being made within a predetermined period of time, the remote service receiving a call at a point in time using a calling identifier, determining if a call at that point in time using the received calling identifier is recorded as approved by the authentication system, if so, the remote service accepting the call and using the approval of the authentication system to authenticate the calling party, before approving the future call for the predetermined period of time, the authentication system receiving a calling party authentication code from the calling party via the communications network, the authentication system determining whether the calling party authentication code authenticates the calling party, and recording the approval of the future call for the predetermined period of time only if the calling party authentication code authenticates the calling party.