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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Scott C. Forbes, Seattle, WA (US);

Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);

Lon-Chan Chu, Redmond, WA (US);

Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);

Michael D. Malueg, Renton, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42034 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04M 2242/30 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for collecting and verifying the location information of a calling party and a device of the calling party is provided. More specifically, a method and system is provided for determining whether the identity of the calling party can be confirmed, via evaluating location information, with an acceptable degree of certainty. The location information may be provided by the calling party or obtained from various sources over a digital communication channel. Some of the provided location information which can be accidentally or intentionally altered is identified and evaluated to determine its accuracy as part of the verification process of the caller's identity.


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