Validating a transaction with user voice authentication using wireless communications
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorFred S. Cook
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Abstract
A system comprises a wireless interface coupled to a transaction manager. The wireless interface receives user information, including a user speech sample and a user account code, from a wireless communication device over a wireless communication link. The transaction manager transfers the user speech sample and the user account code to a validation system. The transaction manager receives and displays validation information from the validation system. The validation information indicates if the user is authentic and if the account code is valid. The validation information may include a picture of the user that is displayed by the transaction manager.
Claims28
A method of handling a transaction for a user, the method comprising:
- receiving user information including a user speech sample and a user account code into a transaction system from a wireless communication device over a wireless communication link;
- transferring the user speech sample and the user account code from the transaction system to a validation system including transferring the user speech sample from the transaction system to a voice authentication system;
- receiving validation information indicating if the user is authentic and if the account code is valid into the transaction system from the validation system including receiving a first portion of the validation information indicating if the user is authentic into the transaction system from the voice authentication system;
- if the first portion of the validation information indicates that the user is authentic, then transferring the account code from the transaction system to an account code validation system and receiving a second portion of the validation information indicating if the account code is valid into the transaction system from the account code validation system;
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- displaying the validation information in the transaction system.
A system for handling a transaction for a user, the system comprising:
- a wireless interface configured to receive user information including a user speech sample and a user account code from a wireless communication device over a wireless communication link;
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- a transaction manager coupled to the wireless interface and configured to transfer the user speech sample and the user account code to a validation system comprising a voice authentication system, receive a first portion of the validation information from the voice authentication system indicating if the user is authentic, transfer the account code to an account code validation system and receive a second portion of the validation information from the account code validation system indicating if the account code is valid, and display the validation information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.