Data network with voice verification means
AssigneeDialogic Corporation
InventorLaurence J. Fromm
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Abstract
A technique for verifying a user's voice prior to permitting the user to conduct a business transaction over a data network. An order is received via the data network, and a voice verification unit is contacted to (i) access a prestored voice print, (ii) obtain a present voice sample from the consumer desiring the transaction and compare said present voice sample to the prestored voice sample, and (iii) issue a signal indicating whether the voice correctly verifies.
Claims18
A method of consummating a transaction over a data network in a system having a consumer computer, a transaction computer and a voice verification unit, comprising:
- generating a transaction identification number which is uniquely associated with a transaction desired to be consummated between said transaction computer and a user of said consumer computer, said transaction identification number comprising a user ID of said user;
- establishing a data network connection from said transaction computer to said voice verification unit, and transmitting said transaction identification number from said transaction computer to said voice verification unit over said data network;
- requesting said user to provide a voice sample;
- receiving, at said voice verification unit, said voice sample entered by said user, said voice sample being associated with said transaction identification number;
- verifying said voice sample, at said voice verification unit, by comparing it to a pre-stored voice print of said user identified by said user ID;
- transmitting a verification signal along with said transaction identification number from said voice verification unit to said transaction computer over said data network;
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- consummating said transaction only if said voice sample is verified to be correct.
A system for consummating a transaction, comprising:
- a consumer computer;
- a transaction computer for receiving a transaction request from a user of said consumer computer, said user having a unique user ID;
- means for generating a transaction identification number for said transaction requested by said user, said transaction identification number comprising said user ID;
- means for sending said transaction ID to a voice verification unit;
- means for requesting said user to provide a voice sample;
- means for receiving said voice sample provided by said user;
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- said voice verification unit comprising a voice print bank for pre-storing a voice print of said user tagged by said user ID, means for verifying said voice sample of said user by comparing said voice sample with said pre-stored voice print of said user, and means for transmitting a verification signal along with said transaction identification number to said transaction computer over said data network;
- wherein said transaction computer and said voice verification unit are connected to a data network with separate addresses via said network and are communicable to each other over said data network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.