Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Cellco Partnership

Niloufer Adil Tamboly

Aneeta F Arestani

Yuk Lun Li

Sidharth R Sibal

Renato J Delatorre

Sheela Thimmappa

Denise Kearney Whittaker

A device may establish a first communication with a first communication device using short-range wireless communication technology. The device may establish a second communication with a second communication device using short-range wireless communication technology. The device may receive a voice call from the second communication device. The device may determine call information associated with the voice call. The device may compare the call information with stored call information. The device may associate a path condition, previously associated with the stored call information, with the voice call if the call information matches the stored call information. The device may selectively establish a call path to a speaker associated with the device or to the first communication device based on the path condition.

Establishing an alternate call path using short-range wireless technology

Systems and methods for creating a visual password are presented. A user having an account or profile is given the option to create a visual password via a graphical user interface. The interface displays a plurality of themes to the user, wherein each theme represents a category of images. The user selects a theme and is presented with a plurality of images within the category. The user selects one or more images in a certain order to create a visual password. The selected images and order of selection are saved as the user's visual password. When the user later attempts to electronically access his account, the user will be required to select the correct pictures in the correct sequence in order to access his account.

System for and method of generating visual passwords

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Niloufer Adil Tamboly