IP Library Granted Patent US 11,853,405
Granted Patent B2
US 11,853,405 · App. 17/464,203 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Methods and systems for a voice ID verification database and service in social networking and commercial business transactions

Inventors: Steven Goldstein (Delray Beach, FL); John Patrick Keady (Fairfax Station, VA)
Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
G06F21/32G06F16/636G06F16/683H04L63/0861H04W4/21G10L17/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,853,405
App. No.
17/464,203
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices and methods to track contact between persons using acoustic voiceprint identification from stored audio signals are presented herein.

Claims (31)

1. A method of contact tracking comprising:

identifying whether a distance from a first device to a second device is less than a threshold value;

obtaining a contact time of when the distance was less than the threshold value;

obtaining contact information and location information of the first device at the contact time;

adding the contact and location information and the contact time to a contact list, where the contact list is stored in computer memory of the second device; and

measuring an acoustic environment about the second device for a time segment, where the contact time is within the time segment, and wherein the second device does the measuring.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further including the step of:

obtaining second location information from the second device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further including the step of:

time matching the location information with the second location information.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the step of identifying whether the distance is less than the threshold value is accomplished by calculating the difference between the location information and the second location information and checking if the difference is less than the threshold value.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further including the step of:

setting a positive notification value if the distance is less than the threshold value.

6. The method according to claim 4 , further including the step of:

setting a negative notification value if the distance is not less than the threshold value.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further including the step of:

sending a positive notification signal.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further including the step of:

sending a notification message to the second device.

9. The method according to claim 4 , where the second device is at least one of an earphone, a phone, or a computer.

10. The method according to claim 9 , where the threshold value is between 1 ft and 30 ft.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further including the step of:

obtaining acoustic information from the measured acoustic environment.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further including the step of:

identifying an acoustic segment of the acoustic information within a time of interest.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further including the step of:

obtaining acoustic characteristics of the acoustic segment.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further including the step of:

comparing the acoustic characteristics with stored voiceprints to identify contact information associated with the first device.

15. The method according to claim 14 , further including the step of:

sending the contact list wirelessly to a computer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2024
From: STATON TECHIYA, LLC
To: THE DIABLO CANYON COLLECTIVE LLC
Reel/Frame 066660/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2023
From: GOLDSTEIN, STEVEN; KEADY, JOHN PATRICK
To: STATON TECHIYA, LLC
Reel/Frame 065300/0965 →