Patent ID: 8103246

Claim:
A method of using a password in a password access controlled system comprising the steps of: a. receiving by an authentication system a call from a cellular phone with a cellular telephone company provided caller ID, and the authentication system identifying a caller by matching the telephone company provided caller ID, which has been pre-stored in an authentication database; b. subsequent to step (a), on a prompt from the authentication system, receiving an input of a personal identification number and the authentication system verifying caller identification, by matching the personal identification number, which has been pre-stored in the authentication database; c. subsequent to step (b), on a prompt from the authentication system, receiving an input for selecting a system from one of a plurality of password access controlled systems that have been pre-stored by the caller and for which a pass code is desired; d. the authentication system creating a randomly generated pass code for the selected system; and contemporaneously voice responding to the caller and sending the pass code and a pre-stored user ID to the password access controlled system enabling the system to accept the pass code in lieu of an existing password.