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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, TX (US);
Joseph Herbert Mcintyre, Austin, TX (US);
Michael A. Paolini, Austin, TX (US);
James Mark Weaver, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Lee Winters, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, TX (US);
Joseph Herbert McIntyre, Austin, TX (US);
Michael A. Paolini, Austin, TX (US);
James Mark Weaver, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Lee Winters, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and products for informing a caller of a callee identity are disclosed that include: detecting a call receipt condition from a destination device at a trusted telephone network; brokering a connection between said destination device and an external server enabled to perform a callee identity authentication service; and responsive to receiving, from said external server, an authenticated callee identity of a callee utilizing said destination device, transferring said authenticated callee identity to an origin device, such that a caller initiating said call at said origin device is informed of an identity of a party answering said call.