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Secured communication via location awareness

  • US 9,185,206 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2014
  • Issued: 11/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of collecting information about a location of a calling device to verify a calling party in response to a call connection request to establish a digital communication channel, comprising:

  • receiving a call connection request from a calling device to establish the digital communication channel;

    receiving contextual information comprising a first set of location information from the calling device;

    obtaining a second set of location information for verifying the first set of location information;

    during a connection setup phase of the call connection request, evaluating the first set of location information by comparing the first set of location information with the second set of location information in order to authenticate an identity of the calling party, wherein if the identity of the calling party is not authenticated within a satisfactory degree of certainty based on the evaluating, rejecting the call connection request to establish the digital communication channel; and

    establishing the digital communication channel with the caller for the voice communication when the call connection request is accepted.

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