Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line

US7848500B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PaymentOne Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joe M. Lynam · Cupertino, US
• Ken Dawson · Pleasanton, US
• M. Brendan Philbin · San Jose, US
• Jennifer R. Truitt · Campbell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2215/7072
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is described to verify the identity of a user. The method, in one example embodiment, comprises obtaining automatic number identification (ANI) data or billing telephone number (BTN) data associated with a subscriber line of a telecommunications network; obtaining identification data associated with a subscriber, said identification data being different from the ANI data or the BTN data;