Patent ID: 9203823
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communications service, comprising: receiving, by a server, an electronic session request identifying a recipient network address; implementing, by the server, a hold on delivery to the recipient network address while authentication is performed; querying, by the server, an electronic database for the recipient network address, the electronic database having electronic database associations between different network addresses and different pre-delivery authentication requirements; retrieving, by the server, a pre-delivery authentication requirement having an electronic database association with the recipient network address; forwarding, from the server, a pre-delivery authentication request to the recipient network address, the pre-delivery authentication request requesting the authentication prior to the delivery of the electronic session request to the recipient network address; receiving, by the server, end user authentication information in response to the pre-delivery authentication request; comparing, by the server, the end user authentication information to the pre-delivery authentication requirement retrieved from the electronic database; determining, by the server, the authentication of the end user authentication information and the pre-delivery authentication requirement; releasing, by the server, the hold on the electronic session request in response to the authentication; forwarding, by the server, the electronic session request into a network for the delivery to the recipient network address; forwarding, by the server, an additional request for additional end user authentication information to the recipient network address during a session established in response to the electronic session request; and receiving, by the server, the additional end user authentication information in response to the additional request forwarded during the session.