Outbound voice signature calls

• US 7,469,210 B1
• Filed: 10/23/2003
• Issued: 12/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Voice Signature LLC
• Original Assignee: Voice Signature LLC
• Inventors: Grubbs, Ray, Wright, Benjamin, Kittrell, Clayton
• Primary Examiner(s): MCFADDEN, SUSAN IRIS
• Application Number:
  US10/692,462
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 379/88.02, 379/88.13
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/42 using separate channels for security data
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

Abstract

A voice signature system includes a data store, an interface code segment operable to receive identification of information to be signed and a phone number, and a signature process code segment operable to place an outbound telephone call to the phone number and capture a voice recording. The voice signature system is operable to create a voice signature using the voice recording and the identification of information to be signed. A method for creating voice signatures includes receiving an identification of information to be signed, receiving a phone number, placing an outbound call to the phone number, creating a voice recording of at least a portion of the outbound call, and creating a voice signature using the identification of information to be signed and the voice recording.

Claims

1. A voice signature system comprising:

a data store;

an interface code segment that receives identification of information to be signed and a phone number; and

a signature process code segment that places an outbound telephone call to the phone number and captures a voice recording,

wherein the voice signature system is creates a voice signature using the voice recording and the identification of information to be signed.

2. The voice signature system of claim 1 wherein the data store is a database.

3. The voice signature system of claim 2 wherein the data store is a relational database.

4. The voice signature system of claim 1 wherein the identification of information includes an electronic copy of the information to be signed.

5. The voice signature system of claim 1 wherein the identification of information to be signed includes a title of an agreement.

6. The voice signature system of claim 1 wherein the signature process code activates an interactive voice response system to capture a voice recording.

7. A method for creating voice signatures comprising:

receiving an identification of information to be signed;

receiving a phone number;

placing an outbound call to the phone number;

creating a voice recording of at least a portion of the outbound call; and

creating a voice signature using the identification of information to be signed and the voice recording.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the identification of information to be signed includes an electronic copy of the information to be signed.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the identification of information to be signed includes a title of an agreement.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein placing an outbound telephone call includes placing a telephone call using the public switched telephone network (PSTN).

11. The method of claim 7 wherein placing an outbound telephone call includes placing a telephone call across a data network.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein placing an outbound telephone call includes using an interactive voice response system.

13. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

providing a message to be read during the outbound call to the phone number; and

using voice recognition on the voice recording to determine if the message was read during the outbound call to the phone number.

14. The method of claim 7 further comprising performing voiceprint analysis on the voice recording to determine a speaker.

15. A document signing system comprising:

a data communications interface that receives a document to be signed and a telephone number;

a data store that stores the document to be signed and the telephone number;

a voice communications interface that places an outgoing voice signature call; and

a processor coupled to the data store, data communications interface, and the voice communications interface, and configured to execute a server application to facilitate signatures of documents by placing outgoing voice signature calls using the voice communications interface.

16. The document signing system of claim 15 wherein the data communications is a network interface card.

17. The document signing system of claim 15 wherein the data store is a database.

18. The document signing system of claim 15 wherein the voice communications interface is an interactive voice response system.

19. A voice signature website comprising:

a web page to receive a document to be signed;

a web page to receive a telephone number; and

a script that calls the telephone number and make a voice recording,

wherein the voice recording is used to form a voice signature.

20. The voice signature website of claim 19 wherein the web page to receive a document to be signed and the web page to receive a telephone number are the same web pages.

21. The voice signature website of claim 19 wherein the script is a server side script.

22. The voice signature website of claim 19 wherein the voice signature includes the document to be signed, the telephone number, and the voice signature.