Multifactor multimedia biometric authentication

• US 8,189,878 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2007
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Schultz, Paul T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawan, Sheela
• Application Number:
  US11/936,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20090116703A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,665 Days
• Field of Search: 382/115, 382/116, 340/82, 340/5.53, 340/10.1, 340/5.52, 340/572.1, 340/5.4, 340/5.82, 340/5.61, 340/5.6, 340/5.8, 235/487, 235/380, 235/492, 235/493, 235/382, 235/451, 705/64, 705/72, 705/40, 705/44, 713/186, 713/169, 713/170, 713/171, 707/E17.096
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3231 Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A device may receive a request to authenticate a user, automatically establish a multimedia session with the user in response to receiving the request, and capture a group of biometric identifiers for the user from the multimedia session. The device may further perform a group of biometric authentication operations using the analyzed or captured biometric identifiers to obtain a group of authentication scores, determine whether the user is properly authenticated based on the group of authentication scores, and transmit a message representing the determination of whether the user is properly authenticated.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to;

receive a request to authenticate a user,

automatically establish a multimedia session with another device, that is associated with the user, in response to receiving the request,

capture a plurality of biometric identifiers for the user from the multimedia session,

perform a plurality of biometric authentication operations using the captured plurality of biometric identifiers to obtain a plurality of authentication scores,

authenticate the user based on the plurality of authentication scores, and

transmit a message based on authenticating the user.

2. The device of claim 1, where the plurality of biometric identifiers includes at least two of:

a voice biometric,

a facial biometric,

a fingerprint scan, or

an eye scan.

3. The device of claim 1, where, when capturing the plurality of biometric identifiers, the processor is further to:

cause the other device to obtain, during the multimedia session, biometric information associated with the user, the plurality of biometric identifiers being captured from the biometric information associated with the user, and

perform at least two of;

a real-time voice biometric analysis or a recording of a voice of the user during the multimedia session,

a real-time facial biometric analysis or a recording of a video of the user during the multimedia session,

a real-time fingerprint biometric analysis or a receiving of a fingerprint scan during the multimedia session, or

a real-time eye biometric analysis or a receiving of an eye scan during the multimedia session.

4. The device of claim 1, where the plurality of biometric authentication operations includes at least two of:

a voice biometric operation,

a facial biometric operation,

a fingerprint biometric operation, or

an eye biometric operation.

5. The device of claim 1, where when authenticating the user, the processor is to:

combine the plurality of authentication scores to obtain a result,

compare the result to a threshold, and

authenticate the user when the result exceeds the threshold.

6. The device of claim 1, where the processor is further to:

terminate the multimedia session with the other device, associated with the user, in response to capturing the plurality of biometric identifiers.

7. The device of claim 1, where the processor is further to:

store an identifier for the user, a date and a time when the plurality of biometric authentication operations is performed, and the captured plurality of biometric identifiers in a memory.

8. The device of claim 1, where the processor is further to:

retrieve at least one biometric identifier, of the captured plurality of biometric identifiers, to verify that at least one biometric authentication operation, of the plurality of biometric authentication operations, was performed for the user.

9. The device of claim 1, where the request includes an identifier associated with the user and information identifying the plurality of biometric authentication operations.

10. The device of claim 9, where the identifier includes a telephone number of the other device or a network address of the other device, and

where the processor automatically establishes the multimedia session with the other device, associated with the user, using the identifier.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server device, a request to authenticate a user;

establishing, by the server device, a multimedia session with a client device that is associated with the user;

performing, by the server device, real-time facial biometric analysis or capturing an image of the user during the multimedia session;

performing, by the server device, real-time voice biometric analysis or recording audio of the user during the multimedia session;

performing, by the server device, a facial biometric operation based on at least one of the real-time facial biometric analysis or the captured image to obtain a first authentication score;

performing, by the server device, a voice biometric operation based on at least one of the real-time voice biometric analysis or the recorded audio to obtain a second authentication score;

determining, by the server device, whether the user is properly authenticated based on the first authentication score and the second authentication score; and

transmitting, by the server device, a message representing the determination of whether the user is properly authenticated.

12. The method of claim 11, where determining whether the user is properly authenticated includes:

combining the first authentication score and the second authentication score to obtain a result;

comparing the result to a threshold;

authenticating the user when the result exceeds the threshold,

where the user is not authenticated when the result does not exceed the threshold.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

terminating the multimedia session with the user after analyzing or capturing the image and analyzing and recording the audio.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

storing in a memory;

an identifier for the user,

a date and a time when the facial authentication operation and voice authentication operation are performed, and

the recorded video and audio.

15. The method of claim 11, where the determining includes:

sending the first authentication score and the second authentication score to an external system,

where the external system determines whether the user is properly authenticated based on the first authentication score and the second authentication score.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:

one or more instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive a request to authenticate a user;

one or more instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to automatically establish a multimedia session with a device associated with the user in response to receiving the request;

one or more instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause the device to capture, during the multimedia session, biometric information associated with the user;

one or more instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform, during the multimedia session, a plurality of biometric authentication operations, using the biometric information, to obtain a plurality of authentication scores;

one or more instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to authenticate the user; and

one or more instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to transmit a message based on authenticating the user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, where the biometric information includes at least two of:

information associated with a voice biometric,

information associated with a facial biometric,

information associated with a fingerprint scan, or

information associated with an eye scan.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, where the one or more instructions to cause the device to capture the biometric information include at least two of:

one or more instructions to at least one of perform a real-time voice biometric analysis or record a voice of the user during the multimedia session;

one or more instructions to at least one of perform a real-time facial biometric analysis or record a video of the user during the multimedia session;

one or more instructions to at least one of perform a real-time fingerprint biometric analysis or receive a fingerprint scan during the multimedia session;

or

one or more instructions to at least one of perform a real-time eye biometric analysis or receive an eye scan during the multimedia session.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, further comprising:

one or more instructions to separate audio information, of the information obtained from the user during the multimedia session, from video information of the information obtained from the user during the multimedia session,

where the one or more instructions to perform the plurality of biometric authentication operations include;

one or more instructions to perform a voice biometric operation on one or more biometric identifiers, of the plurality of biometric identifiers, associated with the audio information, and

one or more instructions to perform a facial biometric operation on one or more biometric identifiers, of the plurality of biometric identifiers, associated with the video information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, where the one or more instructions to authenticate the user include:

one or more instructions to combine the plurality of authentication scores to obtain a result;

one or more instructions to compare the result to a threshold; and

one or more instructions to authenticate the user when the result exceeds the threshold.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, further comprising:

one or more instructions to terminate the multimedia session with the device, associated with the user, in response to capturing the plurality of biometric identifiers.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, further comprising:

one or more instructions to store in a memory;

an identifier for the user,

a date and a time that the plurality of biometric authentication operations is performed, and

the captured plurality of biometric identifiers.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, further comprising:

one or more instructions to retrieve at least one biometric identifier, of the captured plurality of biometric identifiers, to verify that at least one biometric authentication operation, of the plurality of biometric authentication operations, was performed for the user.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 16, where the request includes an identifier associated with the user and information identifying the plurality of biometric authentication operations.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable memory device of claim 24, where the identifier includes a telephone number that is associated with the device associated with the user or a network address that is associated with the device associated with the user,

where the one or more instructions to automatically establish a multimedia session further include one or more instructions to automatically establish the multimedia session with the user using the identifier,

where the request is received from a particular device that is different than the device associated with the user, and

where the message is transmitted to the particular device.