Patent ID: 8117035
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying an identity of a subscriber who has called, or who has been called, via a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: providing a communication system that supports at least a first communication service requiring authentication from a plurality of communication services, each of the plurality of communication services requiring authentication and having different security requirements; providing a verification device connected to the telecommunications network, the subscriber connecting to the telecommunications network via a communication terminal device in order to connect to the first communication service; establishing a communication connection between the subscriber and the verification device; associating an identifier and the subscriber in order to identify the subscriber; associating and storing a first biometric for the identifier for initialization purposes as a reference biometric; transmitting, to the verification device, a request to use the first communication service; carrying out a subscriber authentication procedure for the requested first communication service by: