Service control and user identity authentication based on virtual reality

• US 10,698,991 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2017
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Jun, Zeng, Xiaodong, Yin, Huanmi, Lin, Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Mia M
• Application Number:
  US15/782,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20180107815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

A method for service control and user identity authentication includes recognizing a voice command of a virtual reality (VR) device user for initiating a service supported by a VR application, using a biometric sensor to collect one or more biometric characteristics of the VR device user, performing user identity authentication based on the collected one or more biometric characteristics, and communicating with a server that provides the service for performing the service if the user identity authentication is successful.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

recognizing a voice command of a virtual reality (VR) device user for initiating a service supported by a VR application;

collecting biometric information of the VR device user using one or more biometric sensors for registering the biometric information to a user account of the VR device user; and

sending a biometric registration request to a server that provides the service, wherein the biometric registration request includes the biometric information associated with the user account;

using the one or more biometric sensors to collect one or more biometric characteristics of the VR device user;

performing user identity authentication based on the one or more biometric characteristics; and

upon successful user identity authentication;

constructing a voice recognition request based on the voice command;

sending a voice recognition request through an access interface to the server;

receiving a character string instruction associated with the voice command; and

performing the service in response to the character string instruction.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising canceling the service after recognizing a voice command of the VR device user for canceling the service.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising switching to another service after recognizing a voice command of the VR device user for switching to another service.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a bioassay process for detecting the user; and

presenting a notification in a VR scenario to notify the user to perform biometric authentication if the user is detected based on the bioassay process.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the bioassay process includes eye-blinking recognition or heartbeat recognition.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising presenting virtual guidance in a VR scenario for guiding the user to perform biometric authentication.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a biometric authentication request to the server, wherein the biometric authentication request includes the one or more biometric characteristics for the server to compare with the biometric information for biometric authentication.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more biometric characteristics include the VR device user'"'"'s fingerprint.

9. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

recognizing a voice command of a virtual reality (VR) device user for initiating a service supported by a VR application;

collecting biometric information of the VR device user using one or more biometric sensors for registering the biometric information to a user account of the VR device user; and

sending a biometric registration request to a server that provides the service, wherein the biometric registration request includes the biometric information associated with the user account;

using the one or more biometric sensors to collect one or more biometric characteristics of the VR device user;

performing user identity authentication based on the one or more biometric characteristics; and

upon successful user identity authentication;

constructing a voice recognition request based on the voice command;

sending a voice recognition request through an access interface to the server;

receiving a character string instruction associated with the voice command; and

performing the service in response to the character string instruction.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

performing a bioassay process for detecting the user; and

presenting a notification in a VR scenario to notify the user to perform biometric authentication if the user is detected based on the bioassay process.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

sending a biometric authentication request to the server, wherein the biometric authentication request includes the one or more biometric characteristics for the server to compare with the biometric information for biometric authentication.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

presenting virtual guidance in a VR scenario for guiding the user to perform a biometric authentication.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising canceling the service after recognizing a voice command of the VR device user for canceling the service.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising switching to another service after recognizing a voice command of the VR device user for switching to another service.

15. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

one or more computers; and

one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more computers, perform operations comprising;

recognizing a voice command of a virtual reality (VR) device user for initiating a service supported by a VR application;

collecting biometric information of the VR device user using one or more biometric sensors for registering the biometric information to a user account of the VR device user; and

sending a biometric registration request to a server that provides the service, wherein the biometric registration request includes the biometric information associated with the user account;

using the one or more biometric sensors to collect one or more biometric characteristics of the VR device user;

performing user identity authentication based on the one or more biometric characteristics; and

upon successful user identity authentication;

constructing a voice recognition request based on the voice command;

sending a voice recognition request through an access interface to the server;

receiving a character string instruction associated with the voice command; and

performing the service in response to the character string instruction.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, further comprising:

performing a bioassay process for detecting the user; and

presenting a notification in a VR scenario to notify the user to perform biometric authentication if the user is detected based on the bioassay process.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, further comprising:

sending a biometric authentication request to the server, wherein the biometric authentication request includes the one or more biometric characteristics for a service server to compare with the biometric information for biometric authentication.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, further comprising:

presenting virtual guidance in a VR scenario for guiding the user to perform a biometric authentication.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein the one or more biometric characteristics include the VR device user'"'"'s fingerprint.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, further comprising:

canceling the service after recognizing a voice command of the VR device user for canceling the service, or

switching to another service after recognizing a voice command of the VR device user for switching to another service.