Patent ID: 7167551

Claim:
A method provided by instructions stored in a computer readable medium for specifying telephone services for a particular callee, comprising: detecting a call receipt condition from a destination device at a trusted telephone network; brokering a connection between said destination device and an external server enabled to perform a callee identity authentication service, wherein the brokering a connection between said destination device and an external server further comprises: transmitting a request for said callee identity authentication service via a signal gateway to a network for accessing said external server, responsive to receiving access to said callee identity authentication service, transferring a call to said external server, transferring a prompt for a voice utterance, received from said external server via a media gateway, to said destination device, transferring a voice utterance by said callee through said media gateway to said network for accessing said external server, and receiving said authenticated callee identity via said signal gateway at said trusted telephone network; and responsive to receiving, from said external server, an authenticated callee identity of a callee utilizing said destination device, specifying services available to said callee according to said authenticated callee identity.