Patent ID: 7699217

Claim:
A method for preventing delivery of a physical product to an unauthorized recipient, comprising: at a first time period: receiving from a first person a password, contact information and human readily recallable information; and storing data in a storage, the data including the password, contact information and human readily recallable information; at a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period: receiving a telephone call from a caller; asking the caller questions to determine, using the data stored in the storage, whether the first caller is the intended recipient, the questions including the readily recallable information; and delivering a code to a communication device associated with the contact information; and at a third time period that is subsequent to the second time period: receiving a second telephone call from a second caller; retreivng the data stored in the storage; verifying the second telephone call to determine whether it originates from the communication device associated with the contact information; and canceling the use of the code for approving delivery of the physical product if the second telephone call is originated from the communication device associated with the contact information; wherein the code is stored in the storage before the third time period.