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Identity and phone number verification

US9516480B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 2014
Grant dateDec 6, 2016
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a computer system, a request comprising a phone number, identifying a primary channel and one or more secondary channels based on, at least in part, respective performance data of the primary and secondary channels, sending a first message comprising a first text string via the primary channel to a destination device associated with the phone number, after sending the first message, determining that a conversion event for the message and the primary channel did not occur within a specified time period, and based on the determining, sending a second message comprising the first text string via a particular secondary channel to the destination device.

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