IP Library Granted Patent US 9,373,325
Granted Patent B2
US 9,373,325 · App. 14/268,078 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Method of accessing a dial-up service

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Patent No.
US 9,373,325
App. No.
14/268,078
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of accessing a dial-up service is disclosed. An example method of providing access to a service includes receiving a first speech signal from a user to form a first utterance; recognizing the first utterance using speaker independent speaker recognition; requesting the user to enter a personal identification number; and when the personal identification number is valid, receiving a second speech signal to form a second utterance and providing access to the service.

Claims (46)

1. A method comprising:

generating, via a processor, a feature coefficient based on a speech signal from a user;

comparing the feature coefficient to a user-specific codebook associated with the user, to yield a similarity value, wherein the user-specific codebook utilizes utterances from both the user and a group of non-users; and

when the similarity value meets a threshold:

adding the speech signal to a database of reference speech signals associated with the user-specific codebook; and

adding the feature coefficient to the user-specific codebook.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

mixing the speech signal with a second speech signal, to yield a mixed speech signal; and

adding the mixed speech signal to the database of reference speech signals.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the speech signal and the second speech signal are received from the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feature coefficient is one of a cepstrum coefficient and a linear predictive coding coefficient.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is determined using a Chi-squared detector.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the similarity value does not meet the threshold, requesting the speech signal be repeated.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising verifying an identity of the user based on the similarity value.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a feature coefficient based on a speech signal from a user;

comparing the feature coefficient to a user-specific codebook associated with the user, to yield a similarity value, wherein the user-specific codebook utilizes utterances from both the user and a group of non-users; and

when the similarity value meets a threshold:

adding the speech signal to a database of reference speech signals associated with the user-specific codebook; and

adding the feature coefficient to the user-specific codebook.

9. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

mixing the speech signal with a second speech signal, to yield a mixed speech signal; and

adding the mixed speech signal to the database of reference speech signals.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the speech signal and the second speech signal are received from the user.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the feature coefficient is one of a cepstrum coefficient and a linear predictive coding coefficient.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the threshold is determined using a Chi-squared detector.

13. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

when the similarity value does not meet the threshold, requesting the speech signal be repeated.

14. The system of claim 8 , the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in operations comprising verifying an identity of the user based on the similarity value.

15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

generating a feature coefficient based on a speech signal from a user;

comparing the feature coefficient to a user-specific codebook associated with the user, to yield a similarity value, wherein the user-specific codebook utilizes utterances from both the user and a group of non-users; and

when the similarity value meets a threshold:

adding the speech signal to a database of reference speech signals associated with the user-specific codebook; and

adding the feature coefficient to the user-specific codebook.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , having additional instructions stored which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

mixing the speech signal with a second speech signal, to yield a mixed speech signal; and

adding the mixed speech signal to the database of reference speech signals.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the speech signal and the second speech signal are received from the user.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the feature coefficient is one of a cepstrum coefficient and a linear predictive coding coefficient.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the threshold is determined using a Chi-squared detector.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , having additional instructions stored which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

when the similarity value does not meet the threshold, requesting the speech signal be repeated.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 041504/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: SBC HOLDINGS PROPERTIES, L.P.
To: SBC PROPERTIES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035271/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: AMERITECH CORPORATION
To: AMERITECH PROPERTIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035333/0515 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: SBC PROPERTIES, L.P.
To: SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035333/0667 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035333/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: AMERITECH PROPERTIES, INC.
To: SBC HOLDINGS PROPERTIES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035333/0801 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
To: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035333/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2015
From: BOSSEMEYER, ROBERT WESLEY, JR.
To: AMERITECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035254/0295 →