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US 9,277,049 B1Granted
Systems and methods for caller ID and call destination authentication
OwnerSerdar Artun Danisinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for caller id authentication, caller id spoof detection, call destination authentication and call forwarding detection are disclosed. Embodiments include legitimate caller ID spoofing, authenticating blocked caller ID's and revealing caller ID's to certain parties. Other embodiments utilize caller ID authentication within a list based call handling system. Applications of caller ID authentication methodology to other forms of communication source address authentication, such as email, SMS, and postal mail are described.
Claims20
A method of proving ownership of a telephone number, comprising;
- a. a party authentication device connected to the party telephone number,
- b. the party authentication device constructs a password according to a predetermined algorithm based on caller ID information relating to two or more previously received calls by the party telephone number,
- c. the party authentication device transmits the password and the party telephone number to an authentication server as proof of ownership of the party telephone number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.