Patent ID: 8522314

Claim:
A voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phone authentication method, the method comprising: receiving an authentication request from a computing device connected to a VoIP endpoint device, wherein the authentication request is relayed via the VoIP endpoint device; authenticating the computing device for access to a network based on the authentication request; determining a network address associated with the computing device sending the authentication request; determining a network address associated with the VoIP endpoint device; comparing the network address associated with the computing device with the network address associated with the VoIP endpoint device; determining whether the VoIP endpoint device is associated with the computing device based on such comparison; authenticating the VoIP endpoint device if the VoIP endpoint device is determined to be associated with the network address of the computing device; generating a VoIP access token for the VoIP endpoint device if the VoIP endpoint device is associated with the network address of the computing device; and transmitting the VoIP access token to a VoIP system.