Network support for secure caller ID
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsDavid S. Benco, Sanjeev Mahajan, Baoling S. Sheen, Sandra Lynn True
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Abstract
A method of supporting a secure caller ID service (22) is provided in connection with a telecommunications network (30). The method includes: processing a call from a calling party to a called party, the called party employing an end user terminal (10) served by a facility (20) of the telecommunications network (30) to receive the call; maintaining a voice sample database (28) containing a plurality of voice samples; sampling the calling party's voice; comparing the sampled voice of the calling party to a voice sample selected from the voice sample database (28); and, communicating to the called party a result based upon an outcome of the comparison.
Claims15
A method of supporting a secure caller ID feature in a telecommunications network, said method comprising:
- (a) processing a call from a calling party to a called party, said called party employing an end user terminal served by a facility of the telecommunications network to receive the call;
- (b) maintaining a voice sample database containing a plurality of voice samples, wherein the plurality of voice samples contained in the voice sample database are associated with telephone numbers of individuals to which the voice samples belong;
- (c) determining a telephone number of the calling party;
- (d) locating a voice sample in the voice sample database associated with the determined telephone number such that the located voice sample is selected from the voice sample database to be compared with the sampled voice of the calling party;
- (e) sampling the calling party's voice;
- (f) comparing the sampled voice of the calling party to the voice sample selected from the voice sample database;
- and,
- (g) communicating to the called party a result based upon an outcome of the comparison.
A system for supporting a secure caller ID service in a telecommunications network, said system comprising:
- a facility operatively connected to the telecommunications network, said facility equipped to process a call from a calling party to a called party, said called party using an end user terminal served by the facility;
- a voice sample database containing a plurality of voice samples, wherein the plurality of voice samples contained in the voice sample database are associated with telephone numbers of individuals to which the voice samples belong;
- determining means that determine a telephone number of the calling party;
- locating means that locate a voice sample in the voice sample database associated with the determined telephone number such that the located voice sample is selected from the voice sample database to be compared with the sampled voice of the calling party;
- sampling means for selectively sampling the calling party's voice;
- comparison means that selectively compares the sampled voice of the calling party to a selected voice sample from the voice sample database;
- and,
- communication means for selectively communicating to the called party a result based upon an output of the comparison means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.