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US 2016/0080575 A1Published application
Conference call authentication utilizing passcodes personal to users
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorFREDERICK Y. WU
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Abstract
A system comprises a plurality of user devices and a conference call bridge connected to the plurality of end user devices via one or more networks. The conference call bridge is configured to connect to a given one of the plurality of user devices, receive a passcode from the given user device, and authenticate the given user device using the passcode. The passcode is personal to the given user.
Claims20
A method comprising the steps of:
- connecting to a conference call bridge;
- providing a passcode to the conference call bridge, the passcode being personal to a given user;
- authenticating to the conference call bridge using the passcode;
- wherein the connecting, providing and authenticating steps are performed by at least one processing device.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- connecting to a given one of a plurality of user devices;
- receiving a passcode from the given user device, the passcode being personal to a given user;
- and
- authenticating the given user device using the passcode;
- wherein the connecting, receiving and authenticating steps are performed by at least one processing device.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of user devices;
- and
- a conference call bridge connected to the plurality of end user devices via one or more networks;
- wherein the conference call bridge is configured to:
- connect to a given one of the plurality of user devices;
- receive a passcode from the given user device, the passcode being personal to a given user;
- and
- authenticate the given user device using the passcode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.