System and method for securing intelligent automated assistant devices

• US 10,354,648 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insight Holding Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Strategic Data Systems
• Inventors: Christopher, Kimberly
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawan, Vijay B
• Application Number:
  US15/698,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20190074002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 704275, 704273, 704228, 704234, 704235, 704246, 704247, 704251, 704252, 704255, 704270, 704 9, 7042701, 705 715, 706 11, 707708, 70799901
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/175 using interference effects; Masking sound
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/178 by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17823 Reference signals, e.g. ambient acoustic environment
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17873 using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/108 Communication systems, e.g. where useful sound is kept and noise is cancelled
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3032 Harmonics or sub-harmonics
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3044 Phase shift, e.g. complex envelope processing
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/24 the user being prompted to utter a password or a predefined phrase
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/12 for acoustic communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/18 for wireless local area networks or WLAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/825 by jamming
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/86 related to preventing deceptive jamming or unauthorized interrogation or access, e.g. WLAN access or RFID reading record carriers with integrated circuit chips including means for preventing undesired reading or writing from or to record carriers by hindering electromagnetic reading or writing G06K19/07318; arrangements for sensing record carriers including arrangements for protecting the interrogation against piracy attacks G06K7/10257
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/92 related to allowing or preventing remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include security systems and methods for securing an intelligent automated assistant device comprising. In some embodiments, the security system may include an intelligent automated assistant device including a microphone and a camera. Additionally, the security device may be placed near the intelligent automated assistant device. The security device may also include security components to distort sounds from a sound source to be detected by the microphone. As a result, this may prevent third parties from at least remotely streaming or recording live audio from a microphone on the intelligent automated assistant device.

Claims

1. A security system for securing an intelligent automated assistant device comprising:

an intelligent automated assistant device comprising a first microphone; and

a security device placed near the intelligent automated assistant device, wherein the security device comprises security components to distort sounds from a sound source to be detected by the first microphone.

2. The security system of claim 1, wherein the security device comprises a second microphone and speech recognition software to enable voice activation control.

3. The security system of claim 2, wherein the security device is placed over the intelligent automated assistant device to cover at least a camera on the intelligent automated assistant device.

4. The security system of claim 2, wherein the security device comprises sectionalized pieces that slide, rotate, or fold to expose openings from the physical cover.

5. The security system of claim 3, wherein the openings from the physical cover expose the camera of the intelligent automated assistant device to an environment.

6. The security system of claim 2, wherein the security device comprises a second microphone and speech recognition software to enable voice activation control.

7. The security system of claim 5, wherein the sectionalized pieces, slide, rotate, or fold in response to a recognized voice command.

8. The security system of claim 1, wherein the security components comprise emitting white noise and noise cancelling signals.

9. The security system of claim 1, wherein the security components are enabled upon authentication approval comprising a verified password.

11. The security device of claim 9, wherein the device further comprises a second security device placed on or over the intelligent automated assistant device to provide a physical cover to select areas of the intelligent automated assistant device and cover at least a camera on the intelligent automated assistant device.

10. A security system for securing an intelligent automated assistant device comprising:

an intelligent automated assistant device comprising a first microphone; and

a device comprising;

a first security device placed near the intelligent automated assistant device, wherein the first security device comprises security components to distort sounds from a sound source to be detected by the first microphone.

12. The security system of claim 10, wherein the openings from the physical cover expose the camera of the intelligent automated assistant device to an environment.

13. The security device of claim 10, wherein the first security device comprises a second microphone and speech recognition software to enable voice activation control of the first security device.

14. The security device of claim 10, wherein each of the first security device and the second security device comprise a microphone and a speech recognition software to enable voice activation control to activate the sliding, rotating, or folding of the sectionalized pieces and to enable the security components in response to recognized voice commands.

15. The security device of claim 10, wherein the security components comprise emitting white noise and noise cancelling signals.

16. The security device of claim 10, wherein the security components are enabled upon authentication approval comprising a verified password.

17. A method for operating a security device for securing an intelligent automated assistant device comprising:

placing the security device at or near the intelligent automated assistant device, wherein the security device comprises;

a first security device placed near the intelligent automated assistant device, wherein the first security device comprises security components to distort sounds from a sound source to be detected by a first microphone;

powering the first security device via voice activation control; and

enabling security measures provided in the first security device to prevent the intelligent automated assistant device from collecting proper audio from the first microphone.

18. The method of operating a security device of claim 17, wherein the security device further comprises a second security device placed on or over the intelligent automated assistant device to provide a physical cover to select areas of the intelligent automated assistant device and to cover a camera.

19. The method of operating a security device of claim 17, wherein each of the first security device and the second security device comprise another microphone and a speech recognition software to enable voice activation control to activate the sliding, rotating, or folding of the physical cover and to enable the security components in the second security device in response to recognized voice commands.

20. The method of operating a security device of claim 17, wherein the security components comprise emitting white noise and noise cancelling signals.