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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Pindrop Security, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Payas Gupta, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Dewey, Atlanta, GA (US);
Pindrop Security, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The invention may verify calls to a telephone device by activating call forwarding to redirect calls for the telephone device to a prescribed destination; receiving a message from a server verifying the call; deactivating call forwarding to receive the call; and reactivating call forwarding when the call is concluded. In another embodiment, the invention may, in response to a telephone device initiating a call to a second telephone device installed with a particular application or software, transmit a message to a server causing it to instruct the second telephone device to deactivate call forwarding. In yet another embodiment, the invention may cause a server to receive a message from a prescribed location indicating that a call was received via call forwarding, and in response to the message, transmit an instruction to the intended recipient to deactivate the call forwarding if the call is verified as legitimate.