Conference call authentication utilizing passcodes personal to users

摘要

A system comprises a plurality of user devices and a conference call bridge connected to the plurality of end user devices via one or more networks. The conference call bridge is configured to connect to a given one of the plurality of user devices, receive a passcode from the given user device, and authenticate the given user device using the passcode. The passcode is personal to the given user.

主权项

1. A method comprising the steps of:
connecting to a conference call bridge; providing a passcode to the conference call bridge, the passcode being personal to a given user; authenticating to the conference call bridge using the passcode, wherein authenticating to the conference call bridge using the passcode permits the given user to connect to one or more conference calls by matching the passcode to an identifier of the given user and matching the identifier of the given user to the one or more conference calls; responsive to a successful authentication to the conference call bridge, obtaining a list of conference calls for the given user; selecting a first one of the conference calls; joining the first conference call via the conference call bridge; and subsequently joining a second one of the conference calls without disconnecting from the conference call bridge; wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device.