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System and method for monitoring individuals

  • US 7,272,565 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2002
  • Issued: 09/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for monitoring individuals using voice samples, comprising:

  • a circuit for obtaining a voice sample of an individual based on predetermined criteria, said predetermined criteria being at least one of;

    a foreign national having a student visa, a foreign national having a visitors visa, and a foreign national having permanent resident alien status;

    a first memory for storing said voice sample;

    a second memory for storing information relating to an individual whose voice sample has been stored in said first memory;

    a monitor for monitoring a voice communication; and

    a comparator for comparing a voice sample obtained by said monitor with a voice sample stored in said first memory and, if the individual providing the voice sample obtained by said monitor is found to match the individual providing the voice sample stored in said first memory, outputting an indication that a match has been found to said monitor;

    wherein said system may communicate information regarding an individual for whom a match is found to an appropriate authority based on content of the monitored communication.

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