Apparatus and methods for telecommunication authentication

摘要

The present invention is related to telecommunications, and in particular to systems and methods of using telecommunication services for user authentication. Account information is stored for a user, the account information including at least a first phone number associated with the user. A user order is received. A verification phone call is received from the user, the call including charge phone number information. The charge number information is compared to the first phone number to authenticate that the user is associated with the first phone number. Based at least in part on the comparison, the user order is selectively caused to be fulfilled.

主权项

1. A method of authenticating a user identity using telephony signaling, comprising:
accessing, at least in part, an account for a user; storing in memory account information for the user, the account information including at least a first phone number that the user is representing is associated with the user; receiving at a call processing system a call from the user, the call associated with network call signaling information, including a caller identification field and a charge phone number field, wherein the charge phone number field is not the same field as the caller identification field and wherein the charge phone number contained in the charge number field is provided by a network system and is not entered by the user; facilitating, via the call processing system, a comparison of the charge phone number information obtained from the charge phone number field with the first phone number to, at least in part, authenticate that the user is associated with the first phone number; and at least partly in response to determining that the charge phone number information obtained from the charge phone number field does not correspond to the first phone number, transferring the call to a live operator.