Online authentication using audio, image and/or video

A validation system for online user authentication using audio, video and/or image data, comprising:

• a recognizer operable to receive audio, video, and/or image data captured by a user system,
• operable to attempt to confirm identity of a user of said user system, including operable to perform recognition on at least part of said received data, and
• operable, if confirmed, to generate a validation confirmation, thereby enabling a server to allow access, at least partly based on said validation confirmation or a part thereof, to a resource provided by said server which requires authentication of said user.

A server, operable to allow access to a resource which requires user authentication at least partly based on a validation confirmation or a part thereof, wherein said validation confirmation was generated after identity of a user of a user system was confirmed at least partly based on at least part of audio, video, and/or image data captured by said user system.

A method of online user authentication using audio, video and/or image data, comprising:

• capturing audio, video and/or image data of said user;
• and
• transmitting at least part of said captured data to a validation system, thereby enabling said validation system to generate a validation confirmation if identity of said user is confirmed at least partly based on at least part of said transmitted data.

A method of online user authentication using audio, video and/or image data, comprising:

• allowing access to a resource which requires user authentication at least partly based on a validation confirmation or a part thereof, wherein said validation confirmation was generated after identity of a user of a user system was confirmed at least partly based on at least part of audio, video, and/or image data captured by said user system.

A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for online user authentication using audio, video and/or image data, the computer program product comprising:

• computer readable program code for causing the computer to capture audio, video and/or image data of said user;
• and
• computer readable program code for causing the computer to transmit at least part of said captured data to a validation system, thereby enabling said validation system to generate a validation confirmation if identity of said user is confirmed at least partly based on at least part of said transmitted data.

A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for online user authentication using audio, video and/or image data, the computer program product comprising:

• computer readable program code for causing the computer to allow access to a resource which requires user authentication at least partly based on a validation confirmation or a part thereof, wherein said validation confirmation was generated after identity of a user of a user system was confirmed at least partly based on at least part of audio, video, and/or image data captured by said user system.