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AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsGeorge William Erhart, Valentine C. Matula, David Joseph Skiba
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A method of authentication is disclosed. When a user registers with an enterprise, the enterprise instructs the user to select sounds from a selection of sounds. Any sound that the user selects is designated as a “type-A” sound and any sound that is not so designated is deemed a “type-B” sound. To authenticate the user, the enterprise combines type-A sounds and type-B sounds into a temporal series of sounds and constructs questions about the series that can only be answered by someone who can recognize and distinguish type-A sounds from type-B sounds. The series of sounds and the questions are then transmitted to the user. If the user is able to answer the questions, then he or she is authenticated, and if not, then he or she is not authenticated.
A method comprising:
The method of clam 1 wherein authenticating the user comprises authenticating the user when and only when the user can count the number of type-A sounds in the series of X(t1)+Y(t1) sounds.
The method of clam 1 wherein authenticating the user comprises authenticating the user when and only when the user can count the number of type-B sounds in the series of X(t1)+Y(t1) sounds.
The method of clam 1 wherein authenticating the user comprises authenticating the user when and only when the user identifies the series of X(t1)+Y(t1) sounds as comprising a correct sequence of type-A and type-B sounds.
A method comprising:
The method of clam 8 wherein authenticating the user comprises authenticating the user when and only when the user can count the number of type-A sounds in the series of X(t1)+Y(t1) sounds.
The method of clam 8 wherein authenticating the user comprises authenticating the user when and only when the user can count the number of type-B sounds in the series of X(t1)+Y(t1) sounds.
The method of clam 8 wherein authenticating the user comprises authenticating the user when and only when the user identifies the series of X(t1)+Y(t1) sounds as comprising a correct sequence of type-A and type-B sounds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.