Method and apparatus for providing trusted caller id services
AssigneeVonage Network LLC
InventorBARUCH STERMAN
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing trusted caller identification services between a first entity and a second entity are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for validating an identity of a first entity to the second entity may include registering the first entity with a trust authority, wherein registering the first entity includes authenticating the identity of the first entity, and associating the unique code with a caller ID name (CNAM) of the first entity, receiving an identifier in association with a call request, determining that the identifier is correlated with the unique code, and providing to the second entity the CNAM together with an indication of validity.
Claims20
A method of providing trusted caller identification services between a first entity and a second entity comprising:
- (a) registering the first entity with a trust authority, wherein registering the first entity includes authenticating the identity of the first entity, and associating a unique code with a caller ID name (CNAM) of the first entity;
- (b) receiving an identifier included with a call request;
- (c) determining that the identifier is correlated with the unique code;
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- (d) providing to the second entity the CNAM together with an indication of validity.
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A method of providing trusted caller identification services between a first entity and a second entity comprising:
- (a) registering the second entity in a database maintained by the first entity, wherein registering includes associating a personal code in a secure database with one or more contact numbers associated with the second entity;
- (b) receiving a call from the second entity;
- (c) retrieving, from the database, the second entity's personal code;
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- (d) after the call is established, providing a verification message including the second entity's personal code to verify that the second entity called the first entity.
A method of providing trusted caller identification services between a first entity and a second entity comprising:
- (a) registering the second entity in a database maintained by the first entity, wherein registering includes associating a personal code in a secure database with one or more contact numbers associated with the second entity;
- (c) retrieving, from the database, the second entity's personal code;
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- (b) calling the second entity;
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- (c) after the call is established, providing a verification message including the second entity's personal code to verify the identity of the first entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.