- Patent Title: Systems and methods for authenticating a caller at a call center
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Application No.: US16180458Application Date: 2018-11-05
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Publication No.: US10721353B1Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Lucas Wiechman , Matthew Burgund , Mark Biersdorf , Dan Hlavac
- Applicant: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Bloomington
- Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Current Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Bloomington
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/56
- IPC: H04M1/56 ; H04M15/06 ; H04M3/42 ; H04M3/523 ; H04M7/00

Abstract:
A system for authenticating the identity of a caller (i) receives a phone call from a caller, where the phone call is initiated through an application on a remote computer device associated with the caller, and where the phone call includes one or more phone authentication credentials; (ii) determines a preliminary identity of the caller based upon the one or more phone authentication credentials; (iii) receives online authentication credentials from the application on the remote computer device; (iv) determines a confirmed identity of the caller based, at least in part, upon the one or more online credentials and the preliminary identity of the caller; and (v) displays the confirmed identity of the caller to a user answering the phone call. As a result, the user and/or the system do not need to perform additional authentication before providing service to the caller.
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