Patent ID: 7945246

Claim:
A method for establishing an authenticated network connection in a packet-switched network with an electronic equipment, the method comprising: transmitting a request from an electronic equipment through a packet-switched network connection to a first server; receiving a first unique identifier from the first server at the electronic equipment through the packet-switched network connection, wherein the first unique identifier is representative of a transport control protocol (TCP) connection between the electronic equipment and the first server; transmitting a message from the electronic equipment to a short message service (SMS) server through a circuit-switched network connection, wherein the message includes the first unique identifier and a second unique identifier, wherein if the first identifier and the second identifier are matched by the first server, the electronic equipment is authenticated and a packet-switched connection between the first server and the electronic equipment is enabled; and transmitting a communication request from the electronic equipment to an associated second electronic equipment through the first server via the packet-switched network connection.