US 7,486,779 B2
Origin device based callee identification
Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, Tex. (US); Joseph Herbert McIntyre, Austin, Tex. (US); Michael A. Paolini, Austin, Tex. (US); James Mark Weaver, Austin, Tex. (US); and Scott Lee Winters, Austin, Tex. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/15,267.
Prior Publication US 2003/0108158 A1, Jun. 12, 2003
Int. Cl. H04M 1/64 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 379—88.02  [379/88.17; 379/88.19; 379/88.2; 379/142.04; 704/275] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for identifying a particular callee, said method comprising:
detecting, at an origin device, a voice utterance of a callee from a destination device;
identifying, at said origin device, a callee identity associated with said voice utterance, such that said callee identity is transmittable as an authenticated identity of said callee for a call, further comprising:
transmitting said voice utterance to a third party device via a network; and
receiving said callee identity from said third party device.