Patent ID: 7636425
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication network connecting an active call between a first party and a second party, the communication network comprising: a voice collection system that collects voice samples of the first party during the call; a voice authentication system that receives the collected voice samples from the voice collection system, and compares the collected voice samples to stored voice samples to determine the identity of the first party; a permission system that stores permissions for the first party indicating services that the first party is allowed to use, receives the identity of the first party from the voice authentication system, determines if the first party is authorized for the call based on the identity of the first party and the stored permissions, and generates results based on the determination; a call control function for the call that receives the results from the permission system, interrupts the call responsive to the results indicating that the first party was not authorized for the call, and generates a call record for a billing system indicating that the call was unauthorized and indicating the identity of the first party responsive to the results indicating that the first party was not authorized for the call; and the billing system that receives the call record from the call control function, and generates a bill based on the call record indicating that the call was unauthorized and indicating the identity of the first party.