US 8,787,874 B2 · Method and mobile device for conference call security override

Abstract

A method for controlling access to a conference call, the method comprising authenticating a mobile device in accordance with access requirements for the conference call rejecting the mobile device if the participant does not comply with the access requirements in response to the rejection, determining by a processor based on information other than said access requirements that the mobile device is legitimate and overriding the rejection to allow connection to the conference call if it is determined that the mobile device is legitimate.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling access to a conference call, the method comprising:

authenticating a mobile device in accordance with access requirements for the conference call;
determining that the mobile device if the mobile device does not comply with the access requirements;
in response to the determining that the mobile device does not comply with the access requirements, rejecting the mobile device;
in response to rejection the mobile device, determining by a processor based on information other than said access requirements that the mobile device is legitimate;
and
in response to the determining that the mobile device is legitimate, overriding the rejection to allow connection to the conference call.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/651,590Filed 4 Jan 2010

Published

US 2011/0165858 A17 Jul 2011

Granted

22 Jul 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04L 63/10
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for controlling access to devices or network resources
H04L 63/107
For controlling access to devices or network resources: wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on…
H04L 63/20
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for managing network security; network security policies in general
H04M 3/56
Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers: arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e.…

Method and mobile device for conference call security override

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Method and mobile device for conference call security override

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