Patent ID: 8468584

Claim:
A method for determining whether to provide action instructions, the method comprising: sending, by an initiating user, an authentication code request to a server system; receiving, by the initiating user, an authentication code and a first confirmation word from the server system in response to the authentication code request, the first confirmation word being associated with the authentication code; initiating by the initiating user, through a communication device, a communication session with an authenticating user; providing, by the initiating user, the authentication code to the authenticating user without providing the first confirmation word to the authenticating user, the authenticating user having no access to the first confirmation word when a usage limitation on the authentication code has been reached; receiving, by the initiating user, a second related confirmation word from the authenticating user after providing the authentication code to the authenticating user; and after receiving the second confirmation word, providing, by the initiating user, action instructions to the authenticating user via the communication session when the second confirmation word corresponds to the first confirmation word, wherein the action instructions request performance of an action.