Patent ID: 8861688

Claim:
A calling party communications device, for communicating with a called device, the calling party communications device comprising: an input interface; a transceiver; a processor; and a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive, via the input interface, an input comprising a voice print of a calling party using the calling party communications device; generate a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions message comprising the voice print; send, via the transceiver, the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions message for (a) receipt by the called device at a time selected from a group of times consisting of (i) during an alert portion of a call setup phase between the calling party communications device and the called device and (ii) prior to the alert portion, and (b) processing by the called device to approve or deny access for the calling party communications device to the called device; access the called device if the called device approves access for the calling party communications device based on the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions message.