Continuous voice recognition for user authentication by a digital transmitting device

• US 20040059922A1
• Filed: 09/20/2002
• Published: 03/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Erickson, Michael D., Tiffan, Jeffrey S., Harris, Rodney C.
• Application Number:
  US10/251,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20040059922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

This invention relates to voice recognition for user authentication. Such structures of this type, generally, employ continuous voice authentication and a voice-based user interface for providing document destination and document format instructions when transmitting a document through the use of a digital transmitting device.

Claims

1. A method for using a digital transmitting device to authenticate a user, transmit a document, and carry-out post-processing instructions, comprising the steps of:

interacting with a digital transmitting device to set up a user authentication and a voice command recognition;

scanning a document by the digital transmitting device;

authenticating a user by the digital transmitting device;

transmitting the document to a recipient; and

carrying out the post-processing instructions.

2. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

storing a voice recognition pattern of said user in said digital transmitting device.

3. The method, as in claim 2, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

storing voice commands of said user in said digital transmitting device based upon said voice recognition pattern of said user.

4. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

storing a voice recognition pattern of said user in a database.

5. The method, as in claim 4, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

storing voice commands of said user in said database based upon said voice recognition pattern of said user.

6. The method, as in claim 2, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

entering an actual voice command by said user into said digital transmitting device.

7. The method, as in claim 6, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user voice command with said stored user voice command.

8. The method, as in claim 4, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

entering an actual voice command by said user into said digital transmitting device.

9. The method, as in claim 8, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user voice command with said stored user voice command.

10. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a Web site.

11. The method, as in claim 1, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a server running on an optical character recognition application.

12. A program storage medium readable by computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform the method steps for using a digital transmitting device to authenticate a user, transmit a document, and carry-out post-processing instructions, comprising the steps of:

interacting with a digital transmitting device to set up a user authentication and a voice command recognition;

scanning a document by the digital transmitting device;

authenticating a user by the digital transmitting device;

transmitting the document to a recipient; and

carrying out the post-processing instructions.

13. The method, as in claim 12, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

storing a voice recognition pattern of said user in said digital transmitting device.

14. The method, as in claim 13, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

storing voice commands of said user in said digital transmitting device based upon said voice recognition pattern of said user.

15. The method, as in claim 13, wherein said interacting step is further comprised of the step of:

entering an actual voice command by said user into said digital transmitting device.

16. The method, as in claim 15, wherein said authentication step is further comprised of the step of:

comparing said actual user voice command with said stored user voice command.

17. The method, as in claim 12, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a Web site.

18. The method, as in claim 12, wherein said step of carrying out said post-processing instructions is further comprised of the step of:

forwarding said document to a server running on an optical character recognition application.