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Method and system for automated user authentication

  • US 8,406,392 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2008
  • Issued: 03/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for authenticating a telephone number, comprising:

  • receiving, at a server, a user-inputted telephone number over a communication channel;

    providing, from the server, a security code to a user over the communication channel;

    in response to a user request, delaying, at the server, an initiation of a voice telephone call session to the user-inputted telephone number for a predetermined period of time;

    initiating, at the server, the voice telephone call session to the user-inputted telephone number;

    prompting, from the server, the user over the voice telephone call session for the security code; and

    responsive to receiving the security code, at the server, from the user over the voice telephone call session, authenticating the user-inputted telephone number.

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