Telephone Password Reset Architecture
Users who forget their passwords can dial an IVR (interactive voice response) system with any telephone and initiate a password reset. Authentication using either touch-tone entry of personal secret information or using voice print verification is supported. Existing IVR systems can be extended using a Password Manager remote API (application programming interface), or Hitachi ID Telephone Password Manager -- a turn-key IVR system specifically designed for password resets.
This is implemented on the network with the following components:
Telephone access (IVR) architecture diagram (1)





