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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Frederick Y. Wu, Greenwich, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/38 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/563 (2013.01); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04M 3/382 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 3/541 (2013.01); H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04M 2203/6009 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprises a plurality of user devices and a conference call bridge connected to the plurality of end user devices via one or more networks. The conference call bridge is configured to connect to a given one of the plurality of user devices, receive a passcode from the given user device, and authenticate the given user device using the passcode. The passcode is personal to the given user.