Patent ID: 9100501
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a caller and authorizing a callee in a user-device environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a first gateway, a logon request comprising information associated with the caller, wherein a second gateway determines whether the caller is a subscriber to a network based on at least a portion of the received caller information; when the caller is a subscriber, receiving, by the first gateway, information associated with the callee, wherein the callee belongs to a contact list associated with the caller; and determining, by the first gateway, whether the callee is authorized based on at least the callee information and one or more authorization preferences associated with the caller, wherein the one or more authorization preferences comprise a communication mode of a plurality of communication modes permitted between the caller and callee; wherein, when the callee is authorized, a call is connected between the caller and the callee.