Securely and efficiently transferring sensitive information via a telephone
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a communications module that establishes a telephonic connection between a customer service representative of a company and a customer through an electronic device of the customer;
an identification send module that sends an identifier, the identifier alerting one or more of the customer service representative and a computer system of the company that the customer has a customer profile, the customer profile comprising information to identify the customer, the identifier received in conjunction with the telephonic connection, the customer profile stored previous to the telephonic connection;
a profile permission transmit module that provides electronic access to the customer profile, the customer profile comprising personal information of the customer, the customer profile stored electronically in a computer system external to a computer system available to the company and to the customer service representative,wherein the computer system of the company accesses the customer profile to transmit information from the customer profile to the computer system of the company over a network, wherein the transmitted information of the customer profile is unavailable for viewing by the customer service representative.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a communications module that establishes a telephonic connection between a customer service representative of a company and a customer through an electronic device. An identification module receives an identifier that alerts the customer service representative and/or a computer system of the company that the customer has a customer profile that includes information to identify the customer. The identifier is received in conjunction with the telephonic connection. The customer profile is stored previous to the telephonic connection. An ID request module sends a request to the customer to provide identifying information via the electronic device of the customer. The identifying information is input to the electronic device by the customer using an electronic, non-verbal technique. An ID confirmation module receives an identification confirmation in response to the identifying information input by the customer matching the information to identify the customer in the customer profile.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a communications module that establishes a telephonic connection between a customer service representative of a company and a customer through an electronic device of the customer; an identification send module that sends an identifier, the identifier alerting one or more of the customer service representative and a computer system of the company that the customer has a customer profile, the customer profile comprising information to identify the customer, the identifier received in conjunction with the telephonic connection, the customer profile stored previous to the telephonic connection; a profile permission transmit module that provides electronic access to the customer profile, the customer profile comprising personal information of the customer, the customer profile stored electronically in a computer system external to a computer system available to the company and to the customer service representative, wherein the computer system of the company accesses the customer profile to transmit information from the customer profile to the computer system of the company over a network, wherein the transmitted information of the customer profile is unavailable for viewing by the customer service representative. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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