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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009

Filed:

May. 31, 2005
Applicants:

David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);

Sanjeev Mahajan, Naperville, IL (US);

Baoling S. Sheen, Naperville, IL (US);

Sandra Lynn True, St. Charles, IL (US);

Inventors:

David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);

Sanjeev Mahajan, Naperville, IL (US);

Baoling S. Sheen, Naperville, IL (US);

Sandra Lynn True, St. Charles, IL (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04M 1/56 (2006.01); H04M 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of supporting a secure caller ID service () is provided in connection with a telecommunications network (). The method includes: processing a call from a calling party to a called party, the called party employing an end user terminal () served by a facility () of the telecommunications network () to receive the call; maintaining a voice sample database () containing a plurality of voice samples; sampling the calling party's voice; comparing the sampled voice of the calling party to a voice sample selected from the voice sample database (); and, communicating to the called party a result based upon an outcome of the comparison.


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