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System and method for add-on services, secondary authentication, authorization and/or secure communication for dialog based protocols and systems

  • US 7,971,060 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2007
  • Issued: 06/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computer network environment that utilizes at least one dialog based interactive protocol to facilitate communication between a first communication device and at least an interactive protocol service provider, a method of providing add-on services to the interactive protocol, comprising:

  • setting, on a hosts file of the first communication device, the internet protocol address of a server providing the dialog based interactive protocol service to be a loopback address;

    returning the loopback address associated with the dialog based interactive protocol server, stored in the hosts file, to a client operative with the first communication device;

    using the client to establish a connection with the loopback address;

    establishing communication between the client and an add-on services module operative with the first communication device; and

    establishing a communication link between the interactive protocol server and the add-on services module.

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