Patent ID: 9703943
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An authentication method performed by a computer system executing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising acts of: receiving, by a trust component at a first client, pre-authenticated credentials for voice communications services at a remote location from a trusted entity, wherein the voice communications services include an IP-based phone call; transmitting, by a transmitting component, the pre-authenticated credentials to a second client of the user based on authentication of the first client; receiving, by an application component at the first client, a request for a voice communications service from the second client of the user and providing the voice communications service based on the pre-authenticated credentials received by the trust component, wherein the pre-authenticated credentials include a level of permission related to the voice communications service that is provided by the application component; and establishing the voice communications service for the second client.