Telephone to computational device association
AssigneeRockstar Bidco, LP
InventorsJohn H. Yoakum, Philip Edholm
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Abstract
The present invention allows for dynamic association of a computational device, such as a personal computer or personal digital assistant, with a telephone terminal. A computer-telephone adaptor or like function implemented in a telephony switch or other telephony device will receive authentication indicia. The authentication indicia may be provided by the computational device that is to be associated with the telephone terminal, or through other means. The authentication indicia may be provided by a user or generated by the computational device or by other means. To confirm the association, the user must enter confirmatory authentication indicia corresponding to the original authentication indicia through the telephone terminal.
Claims38
A method for associating computational devices with telephone terminals comprising:
- a) receiving authentication indicia from a computational device in a request to associate a telephone terminal with the computational device;
- b) receiving confirmatory authentication indicia originally provided via the telephone terminal;
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- c) processing the authentication indicia and the confirmatory authentication indicia to determine whether to associate the computational device with the telephone terminal.
A system for associating computational devices with telephone terminals comprising:
- a) at least one communication interface;
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- b) a control system associated with the at least one communication interface and adapted to:
- i) receive authentication indicia from a computational device in a request to associate a telephone terminal with the computational device;
- ii) receive confirmatory authentication indicia originally provided via the telephone terminal;
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- iii) process the authentication indicia and the confirmatory authentication indicia to determine whether to associate the computational device with the telephone terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.