IP Library Granted Patent US 10,990,968
Granted Patent B2
US 10,990,968 · App. 16/295,569 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Acoustic based pre-staged transaction processing

Inventors: Anand Chanduri (Hyderabad, IN); Naresh Tummanapalli (Hyderabad, IN)
Assignee: NCR Corporation
G06Q20/3827G06F21/31H04L9/0643G06Q2220/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,990,968
App. No.
16/295,569
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes receiving selection of an audible audio clip by a user, receiving transaction details including an indication of an amount and an identification of an account number associated with the user and corresponding to a pre-staged transaction, encoding the transaction details into an inaudible audio clip, and combining the audible audio clip and the inaudible audio clip into a transferrable audio file that when played, identifies the pre-staged transaction for execution. The pre-staged transaction may be initiated by receiving an audio rendering of the audio file, determining a duration and a size of the audible portion, decoding the inaudible portion to determine transaction details, including an amount and account identification, and the duration and size of the audible portion, validating the transaction based on the decoded and determined duration and size of the audible portion matching, and executing the transaction responsive to validation and the decoded transaction details.

Claims (23)

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving selection of an audible audio clip by an authorized user;

receiving transaction details including an indication of an amount and an identification of an account number associated with the authorized user and corresponding to a pre-staged transaction;

encoding the transaction details into an inaudible audio clip; and

combining the audible audio clip and the inaudible audio clip into a transferrable audio file that when played, identifies the pre-staged transaction for execution.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the audible audio clip comprises a utterance by the authorized user.

3. The method of claim I the audible audio clip is selected from a menu of audibleaudio clips.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the inaudible audio clip has a frequency, when played, above approximately 20 KHz.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding the inaudible audio clip includes encrypting the transaction details.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein encrypting the transaction details comprises using a hash value to encrypt the transaction details and providing a hash key to descript the encrypted transaction details.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding the inaudible audio clip comprises including a digital size and duration of the audible audio clip.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the indication of an amount and an identification of an account number comprise a transaction number.

9. The method of claim 1 and further comprising transferring the audio file to a device of an intended recipient user.

10. A machine-readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor of a machine to cause the processor to perform operations to perform a method of generating a pre-staged transaction, the operations comprising:

receiving selection of an audible audio clip by an authorized user;

receiving transaction details including an indication of an amount and an identification of an account number associated with the authorized user and corresponding to a pre-staged transaction;

encoding the transaction details into an inaudible audio dip; and

combining the audible audio clip and the inaudible audio clip into a transferrable audio file that when played, identifies the pre-staged transaction for execution.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the audible audio clip comprises a utterance by the authorized user or is selected from a menu of audible audio clips.

12. The device of claim 10 wherein the inaudible audio clip has a frequency, when played, above approximately 20 KHz.

13. The device of claim 10 wherein encoding the inaudible audio clip includes encrypting the transaction details by using a hash value to encrypt the transaction details such that the encrypted the encrypted transaction details are decryptable by use of a hash key.

14. The device of claim 10 wherein encoding the inaudible audio clip comprises including a digital size and duration of the audible audio clip.

15. The device of claim 10 and further comprising transferring the audio file to a device of an intended recipient user.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065820/0704 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065346/0531 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065346/0168 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS SECTION TO REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION: 15000000 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 050874 FRAME: 0063. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057047/0161 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 050874/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2019
From: CHANDURI, ANAND; TUMMANAPALLI, NARESH
To: NCR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048532/0001 →