US 9,430,625 B1Granted

Method and system for voice match based data access authorization

AssigneeIntuit Inc.

InventorsBrandon Gador, Jacob Rozin, Colin J. Roper

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Abstract

A request is received to access protected data from a data access requesting party. Authentication text to be read aloud is then generated and transferred to a first computing system associated with the data access requesting party. The authentication text is then displayed on the first computing system. The access requesting party is then requested to read the authentication text aloud and first audio data is obtained from a first audio detection capability associated with the first computing system and second audio data is obtained from a second audio detection capability associated with a second computing system associated with a data access requesting party. The authentication text is then compared to the first audio data and the second audio data and, if the data matches, the data requesting party is provided access to the protected data.

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Dependent claims

A computing system implemented method for voice match based data access authorization comprising the following, which when executed individually or collectively by any set of one or more processors perform a process including:

providing a database including protected data;
receiving access request data from an access request computing system associated with a data access requesting party, the access request data indicating a request to access the protected data by the data access requesting party;
generating random authentication text data, the authentication text data representing one or more words, or symbols, to be read aloud by the data access requesting party;
transferring the authentication text data to a first computing system associated with the data access requesting party;
displaying the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data on a display device associated with the first computing system;
activating a first audio detection capability on the first computing system associated with the data access requesting party;
activating a second audio detection capability on a second computing system associated with the data access requesting party;
requiring the data access requesting party to read aloud, in a first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data displayed on the display device associated with the first computing system;
obtaining first audio data from the first audio detection capability on the first computing system representing the data requesting party's reading, in the first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data aloud;
obtaining second audio data from the second audio detection capability on the second computing system representing the data requesting party's reading, in the first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data aloud, the obtaining of the first audio data and the obtaining of the second audio data occurring at the same time as and as a result of a single reading, in the first instance, of the one or more words or symbols represented by the authentication text:
comparing each of the authentication text data, the first audio data, and the second audio data with each other and determining that individual ones of the authentication text data, the first audio data, and the second audio data, each match the other two to a defined threshold tolerance;
providing the access request computing system associated with the data requesting party access to the protected data in the database;
and
wherein at least one of the first computing system or the second computing system is a mobile computing system.

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A system for voice match based data access authorization comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for voice match based data access authorization, the process for voice match based data access authorization including:
providing a database including protected data;
receiving access request data from an access request computing system associated with a data access requesting party, the access request data indicating a request to access the protected data by the data access requesting party;
generating random authentication text data, the authentication text data representing one or more words, or symbols, to be read aloud by the data access requesting party;
transferring the authentication text data to a first computing system associated with the data access requesting party;
displaying the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data on a display device associated with the first computing system;
activating a first audio detection capability on the first computing system associated with the data access requesting party;
activating a second audio detection capability on a second computing system associated with the data access requesting party;
requiring the data access requesting party to read aloud, in a first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data displayed on the display device associated with the first computing system;
obtaining first audio data from the audio first detection capability on the first computing system representing the data requesting party's reading, in the first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data aloud;
obtaining second audio data from the second audio detection capability on the second computing system representing the data requesting party's reading, in the first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data aloud, the obtaining of the first audio data and the obtaining of the second audio data occurring at the same time as and as a result of a single reading, in the first instance, of the one or more words or symbols represented by the authentication text;
comparing each of the authentication text data, the first audio data, and the second audio data with each other and determining that individual ones of the authentication text data, the first audio data, and the second audio data, each match the other two to a defined threshold tolerance
providing the access request computing system associated with the data requesting party access to the protected data in the database;
and
wherein at least one of the first computing system or the second computing system is a mobile computing system.

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A system for voice match based data access authorization comprising:

a database including protected data;
a first computing system data access requesting party, the first computing system including a first audio detection capability;
a second computing system data access requesting party, the second computing system including a second audio detection capability;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for voice match based data access authorization, the process for voice match based data access authorization including:
receiving access request data from an access request computing system associated with a data access requesting party, the access request data indicating a request to access the protected data by the data access requesting party;
generating authentication text data, the authentication text data representing one or more words, or symbols, to be read aloud by the data access requesting party;
transferring the authentication text data to the first computing system;
displaying the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data on a display device associated with the first computing system;
automatically activating the first audio detection capability on the first computing system;
activating the second audio detection capability on a second computing system;
requiring the data access requesting party to read aloud, in a first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data displayed on the display device associated with the first computing system;
obtaining first audio data from the audio first detection capability on the first computing system representing the data requesting party's reading, in the first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data aloud;
obtaining second audio data from the second audio detection capability on the second computing system representing the data requesting party's reading, in the first instance, the one or more words, or symbols, represented by the authentication text data aloud, the obtaining of the first audio data and the obtaining of the second audio data occurring at the same time as and as a result of a single reading, in the first instance, of the one or more words or symbols represented by the authentication text:
comparing each of the authentication text data, the first audio data, and the second audio data with each other and determining that individual ones of the authentication text data, the first audio data, and the second audio data, each match the other two to a defined threshold tolerance
providing the access request computing system associated with the data requesting party access to the protected data in the database, and
wherein at least one of the first computing system or the second computing system is a mobile computing system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.