Communication system user authentication method

• US 5,696,880 A
• Filed: 06/26/1995
• Issued: 12/09/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Dynamics C4 Systems Incorporated (General Dynamics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shepherd, Richard G., Frith, Robert D., Gustafson, David T.
• Primary Examiner(s): MacDonald, Allen R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dorvil, Richemond
• Application Number:
  US08/494,745
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 395/2.84, 395/2.82, 395/2.79, 395/2.81, 379/243, 379/95, 379/93, 380/18, 380/41, 380/33
• US Class Current: 704/273
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

Abstract

The authentication method established a communication link between the calling and called users (14). The calling and called parties exchange voice identification data (22). The calling and called parties determine if the voice identification data compares (26,30). If voice identification data compares, a secure call is enabled (32). If the voice identification data does not compare the communication link is terminated (20).

Claims

1. A communication system user authentication method comprising the steps of:

establishing a communication link through a modem between a calling party and a called party;

exchanging digital voice identification data by the calling party and the called party;

exclusive-ORing by the calling party the digital voice identification data of the calling party with the digital voice identification data of the called party to produce a first exclusive-OR;

exclusive-ORing by the called party the digital voice identification data of the called party with the digital voice identification data of the calling party to produce a second exclusive-OR;

exchanging said first exclusive-OR and said second exclusive-OR by the calling party and the called party;

determining by both the calling party and the called party whether the digital voice identification data which is received compares with the digital voice identification data which is transmitted, said determining step comprising the step of comparing said first exclusive-OR and said second exclusive-OR;

enabling by both the calling party and the called party a secure call on the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the voice identification data which is received compares with the voice identification data which is transmitted; and

terminating by either the calling party or the called party the communication link, if the voice identification data which is received does not compare with the voice identification data which is transmitted.

2. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is further included the steps of:

generating by the calling party said digital voice identification data to be a digitally compressed voice message of a voice of the calling party; and

storing the digitally compressed voice message within the telephone of the calling party.

3. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 2, wherein there is further included the steps of:

generating by the called party said digital voice identification data to be a digitally compressed voice message of a voice of the called party; and

storing the digitally compressed voice message within the telephone of the called party.

4. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 3, wherein there is further included a step of calculating a checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party.

5. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 4, wherein there is further included a step of calculating a checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party.

6. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of exchanging digital voice identification data includes the step of transmitting the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party to the called party.

7. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of exchanging digital voice identification data further includes the step of transmitting the digitally compressed voice message of the called party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party to the calling party.

8. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 7, wherein there is further included the step of:

terminating by the calling party the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR do not compare.

9. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 8, wherein there is further included the step of:

terminating by the called party the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR do not compare.

10. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 9, wherein there is further included the steps of, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR compare:

determining by the calling party whether the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party compare;

terminating by the calling party the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party do not compare; and

enabling the secure call between the calling party and the called party, if the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party compare.

11. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 10, wherein there is further included the steps of, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR compare:

determining by the called party whether the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party compare;

terminating by the called party the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party do not compare; and

enabling the secure call between the calling party and the called party, if the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party compare.

12. A telephone for use in a communication system, said telephone including a user authentication method comprising the steps of:

establishing a communication link through a modem between a calling party and a called party;

exchanging by the calling party and the called party a digitally compressed voice message and a checksum over the digitally compressed voice message;

determining by both the calling party and the called party whether the digitally compressed voice message and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message which is received compares with the digitally compressed voice message which is transmitted;

enabling by both the calling party and the called party a secure call on the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the digitally compressed voice message and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message which is received compares with the digitally compressed voice message and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message which is transmitted; and

terminating by either the calling party or the called party the communication link, if the digitally compressed voice message and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message which is received does not compare with the digitally compressed voice message and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message which is transmitted.

13. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 12, wherein there is further included the step of exclusive-ORing by the calling party the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party with the digitally compressed voice message of the called party to produce a first exclusive-OR.

14. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 13, wherein there is further included a step of exclusive-ORing by the called party the digitally compressed voice message of the called party with the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party to produce a second exclusive-OR.

15. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 14, wherein there is further included the steps of:

determining by the calling party whether the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR compare; and

terminating by the calling party the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR do not compare.

16. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 15, wherein there is further included the steps of:

determining by the called party whether the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR compare; and

terminating by the called party the communication link between the calling party and the called party, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR do not compare.

17. The communication system user authentication method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step of enabling is performed, if the first exclusive-OR and the second exclusive-OR compare and if the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the calling party and the checksum over the digitally compressed voice message of the called party compare.