Patent ID: 8918089
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of authorizing a transmission of a message, comprising the steps of: selecting an identifier of a called party by a calling party using a user device; requesting the transmission of the message to a processing unit associated with the called party over a communications network by the calling party using the user device; verifying by a server that the calling party is able to recognize the called party from one of a plurality of identifiers selected by the called party; presenting by the server a plurality of audiovisual media elements on the user device of the calling party, one of the plurality of audiovisual media elements being representative of a physical characteristic of the called party, other audiovisual media elements of the plurality of audiovisual media elements being similar in form to the audiovisual media element representative of the called party; selecting one audiovisual media element from the presented audiovisual media elements on the user device by the calling party; authorizing by the server the transmission of the message to the processing unit of the called party from the user device of the calling party when the selected audiovisual media element is representative of the called party; and denying by the server the request to transmit the message to the processing unit of the called party from the user device of the calling party when the selected audiovisual media element is not representative of the called party.