US 12,238,243 B2
Validating automatic number identification data
Bjorn Markus Jakobsson, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to RightQuestion, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by RightQuestion, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,768.
Application 18/515,768 is a continuation of application No. 17/228,566, filed on Apr. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,856,132.
Application 17/228,566 is a continuation of application No. 16/785,423, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,005,989, issued on May 11, 2021.
Application 16/785,423 is a continuation of application No. 16/180,373, filed on Nov. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,674,009, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 16/180,373 is a continuation of application No. 14/535,064, filed on Nov. 6, 2014, granted, now 10,694,029, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/901,322, filed on Nov. 7, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0348721 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/38 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04M 3/42042 (2013.01) [H04M 3/382 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a verification service provider, configured to, using one or more processors:
receive a query to verify a first communications connection involving a first entity, wherein the first communications connection is associated with an observed caller ID of a contacting entity;
in response to receiving the query, transmit, via a second communications connection, a verification request message to an entity that stores at least one digital certificate associated with the observed caller ID;
receive a response, comprising the at least one digital certificate, to the verification request message;
evaluate the response to perform a security determination; and
provide the security determination to the first entity, wherein the first communications connection is validated based at least in part on the security determination.