# US 10,122,712 B2 · Voice over IP based biometric authentication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,712 B2 - Document ID: US10122712B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/439,801 - Filed: 2017-02-22 - Published: 2017-06-08 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2004-07-30 - Assignees: Interactions LLC - Applicants: Interactions LLC - Inventors: Brian M. Novack; Daniel Larry Madsen; Timothy R. Thompson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122712B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06Q 20/40145: {Biometric identity checks} - H04M 3/38: Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections (queuing arrangements H04Q3/64) - H04M 7/006: {Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer (H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42)} - H04M 7/0078: {Security; Fraud detection; Fraud prevention} - H04W 12/08: Access security - H04M 2201/41: using speaker recognition - H04M 2203/6045: Identity confirmation - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A request from a party is received by a receiver from a remote system. The request from the party is received when the party attempts to obtain a service using the remote system. A selective determination is made to request, over a network, authentication of the party by a remote biometric system. A request is sent to the remote system for the party to provide a biometric sample responsive to determining to request authentication of the party. The service is provided contingent upon authentication of the party by the remote biometric system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for verifying an individual's identity of an individual, the method comprising: receiving, within a remote biometric system in a communications network, a biometric sample of a party attempting to obtain a service from a remote system via a remote communication device remote from the biometric system and the remote system, the service being provided contingent upon authentication of the party as the individual; comparing, within the biometric system, the received biometric sample to biometric information obtained from a storage to authenticate the party as the individual; and performing a confidence check to determine a probability that the party is the individual based on the party providing the requested biometric sample, wherein the party is authenticated if the probability meets or exceeds a threshold value for two or more biometric authentication characteristics; wherein the authentication of the party as the individual is performed by the biometric system responsive to a selective request from the remote communications device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric sample is a voice biometric sample. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the voice biometric sample is packetized by an apparatus according to a voice over internet protocol. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric system includes the storage and wherein the storage comprises a speech characteristics database that stores pre-registered voice information in association with identification information that identifies the individual. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein authentication using the biometric system is provided as a subscription service. ### Claim 6 A system, comprising: a processor for executing instructions; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising: instructions for receiving, within a remote biometric system in a communications network, a biometric sample of a party attempting to obtain a service from a remote system via a remote communication device remote from the biometric system and the remote system, the service being provided contingent upon authentication of the party as an individual; instructions for comparing, within the biometric system, the received biometric sample to biometric information obtained from a storage to authenticate the party as the individual; and instructions for performing a confidence check to determine probability that the party is the individual based on the party providing the requested biometric sample, wherein the party is authenticated if the probability meets or exceeds a threshold value for two or more biometric authentication characteristics; wherein the authentication of the party as the individual is performed by the biometric system responsive to a selective request from the remote communications device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the biometric sample is a voice biometric sample. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the voice biometric sample is packetized by an apparatus according to a voice over internet protocol. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the biometric system includes the storage and wherein the storage comprises a speech characteristics database that stores pre-registered voice information in association with identification information that identifies the individual. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein authentication using the biometric system is provided as a subscription service. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising: receiving, within a remote biometric system in a communications network, a biometric sample of a party attempting to obtain a service from a remote system via a remote communication device remote from the biometric system and the remote system, the service being provided contingent upon authentication of the party as an individual; comparing, within the biometric system, the received biometric sample to biometric information obtained from a storage to authenticate the party as the individual; and performing a confidence check to determine a probability that the party is the individual based on the party providing the requested biometric sample, wherein the party is authenticated if the probability meets or exceeds a threshold value for two or more biometric authentication characteristics; wherein the authentication of the party as the individual is performed by the biometric system responsive to a selective request from the remote communications device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the biometric sample is a voice biometric sample. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the voice biometric sample is packetized by an apparatus according to a voice over internet protocol. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the biometric system includes the storage and wherein the storage comprises a speech characteristics database that stores pre-registered voice information in association with identification information that identifies the individual. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein authentication using the biometric system is provided as a subscription service.