CPC H04M 3/382 (2013.01) [H04M 3/42034 (2013.01); H04M 2203/60 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a source of a telephone call to a recipient of the telephone call, comprising:
receiving, by a user device associated with the recipient of the telephone call and prior to receiving the telephone call, a request to input first authentication information,
wherein the first authentication information comprises a passcode or a selection of a security question;
receiving, by the user device, input of the first authentication information;
sending, by the user device, the first authentication information to a computing device associated with the source of the telephone call;
receiving, by the user device, the telephone call from the source;
receiving, by the user device, input from the recipient of the telephone call to answer the telephone call;
receiving, by the user device, second authentication information from the computing device,
wherein the second authentication information comprises the passcode or an answer to the security question; and
outputting, by the user device, the second authentication information.
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