Third party verification system and method
CA 2281906 A1 · Owner: Middleton, Patricia A. · Inventors: Taylor, Robert W.; Middleton, Patricia A.; Jacobs, Edmond
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An automated third party verification system and method for verifying a customer's authorization to switch long distance service providers. The system comprises a customer database manager (101) a third party verification (TPV) , interactive voice response (IVR) system (113) and a TPV management system , (103). The customer database manager (101) contacts the customer and creates a text file of the customer's responses to a series of questions. The text file is sent to the TPV IVR system (113), and it directs a series of scripted questions, corresponding to those previously asked by the database manager (101), to the customer and records the responses as voice clips. The TPV …
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- Filed February 3, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 3, 2018.
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