CONFERENCE SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED SECURITY AND AUTHENTICATION

摘要

A system receives, at a conference platform, a communication from a communications device of a requester requesting to host an audio conference. The system determines whether an access code provided by the requester is a valid access code associated with a provider communications address specified by the requester. A processor identifies a country from which the communication of the requester originated and determines whether the country from which the communication of the requester originated is a pre-authorized country, associated with a host account, from which to host the global audio conference. An audio conference is established when the access code specified by the requester is determined to be a valid access code associated with the provider communications address specified by the requester and when the country from which the communication of the requester originated is determined to be a pre-authorized country from which to host the audio conference.

主权项

1. A method of authenticating a request to host a conference in a communications network, comprising:
receiving, at a conference platform, a communication from a communications device of a requester requesting to host a global audio conference, the communication including an access code specified by the requester; determining whether the access code is a valid access code associated with a provider communications address specified by the requester; identifying, with a processor, a country from the which the communication of the requester originated; determining, with the processor, whether the country from which the communication of the requester originated is a pre-authorized country, associated with a host account, from which to host the global audio conference; and establishing the global audio conference when the access code specified by the requester is determined to be a valid access code associated with the provider communications address specified by the requester and when the country from which the communication of the requester originated is determined to be a pre-authorized country, associated with the host account, from which to host the global audio conference.