Patent ID: 8843999
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying a user of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone in a network, the VoIP phone connected to a computing device via a communication link, the method comprising: receiving a request for an authorization token from a computing system configured to handle VoIP communications on the network; sending a request to the computing device to generate an authorization token in response to the request received from the computing system, wherein the authorization token is generated by the computing device based on authentication data associated with the user of the VoIP phone; receiving the authorization token from the computing device; sending a message including the authorization token received from the computing device to the computing system for validating an identity of the user of the VoIP phone, wherein the authorization token is generated by the computing device based on token data on an authorization server; receiving an acknowledgement from the computing system that the identity of the user of the VoIP phone has been determined, wherein the identity of the user of the VoIP phone is determined based on the authorization token and the token data on the authorization server; and sending, in response to the acknowledgement, a subsequent message containing the authorization token received from the computing device to the computing system.