US 2009/0025071 A1 · PROCESS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER OF FACILITIES, A SERVICE, A DATABASE OR A DATA NETWORK

Abstract

A process for authenticating a user to control remote access to a service, data base or data network is provided, in which during an enrolment step, an initial voice sample provided by the user is analyzed to obtain an initial user-specific voice profile and, in a later verification step, a current voice sample of the user is analyzed and compared to the initial voice profile to generate an access control signal. An additional user-dedicated authentication is generated in a pre-enrolment period, and the additional authentication is used to authenticate the user in the enrolment step and/or in an access control step prior to and independent on the enrolment step, in a provisional or supplementary authentication procedure.

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Dependent claims

Process for authenticating a user, to control his remote access to a service, data base or data network, comprising:

in an enrolment step, providing an initial voice sample by the user and analyzing the initial voice sample to obtain an initial user-specific voice profile and, in a later verification step, providing a current voice sample by the user and analyzing the current voice sample to obtain a current voice profile which is compared to the initial voice profile to generate an access control signal in response to a result of the comparison step, generating an additional user-dedicated authenticating means in a pre-enrolment period, using the additional authenticating means to authenticate the user in the enrolment step and/or in an access control step prior to and independent of the enrolment step, in a provisional or supplementary authentication procedure.

Arrangement for authenticating a user and controlling his remote access to a service, data base or data network, the arrangement comprising

a user data and telecommunication terminal comprising a data input device and a speech input device for inputting a user's voice sample, an authentication server for processing data and voice samples input by the user and an at least temporary network connection of the user terminal to the authentication server, wherein the authentication server comprises a voice profile generator, a voice profile storage device and a voice profile comparator for obtaining a first authentication output based on voice sample input by the user, and a user data processor, user data storage device and a user data comparator for obtaining a second authentication output from data input by the user and an access control signal generator to generate an access control signal in response to the first and second authentication outputs.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Process and arrangement for authenticating a user of facilities, a service, a database or a data network

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Process and arrangement for authenticating a user of facilities, a service, a database or a data network

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