Patent ID: 7310414

Claim:
A method for placing a telephone call from a caller using a prepaid phone card, the method comprising the steps of: connecting a caller with a caller interface having a speech recognition application, wherein said caller initially dials a telephone network access number to connect to said caller interface; identifying said caller based on the origination of said initial telephone call by comparing the origination of said initial telephone call with a telephone number associated with said prepaid phone card previously stored in a database; prompting said caller to vocally input a personal identification number (PIN) associated with said prepaid phone card if the origination of said initial telephone call matches said telephone number previously stored in said database; receiving voice input from said caller in the form of said PIN spoken by said caller; comparing said PIN spoken by said caller with a PIN associated with said prepaid phone card previously stored in said database; prompting said caller to vocally input a desired call connection if said spoken PIN matches said PIN previously stored in said database; receiving voice input from said caller in the form of a desired call connection spoken by said caller; comparing said voice input spoken by said caller with a personal voice print associated with said call connection and assigned to said caller's phone card and previously stored in a database; and placing said desired call connection if said voice input spoken by said caller matches said personal voice print assigned to said caller's phone card stored in said database with respect to said call connection, wherein said database is accessible by said caller via the internet for enabling said caller origination identification step and for storing and modifying said caller origination telephone number, said PIN and said personalized voice print with respect to said call connection associated with said prepaid phone card.