IP Library Granted Patent US 10,522,137
Granted Patent B2
US 10,522,137 · App. 15/956,350 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Multi-user authentication on a device

Inventors: Meltem Oktem (Toronto, CA); Taral Pradeep Joglekar (Sunnyvale, CA); Fnu Heryandi (Sunnyvale, CA); Pu-sen Chao (Los Altos, CA); Ignacio Lopez Moreno (New York, NY); Salil Rajadhyaksha (Santa Clara, CA); Alexander H. Gruenstein (Mountain View, CA); Diego Melendo Casado (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
G10L15/08G06F16/636G06F21/32G06K9/00362G10L15/07G10L15/22G10L17/005G10L17/06G10L15/265G10L2015/088
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Patent No.
US 10,522,137
App. No.
15/956,350
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some implementations, authentication tokens corresponding to known users of a device are stored on the device. An utterance from a speaker is received. The utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user of the known users. A query that includes a representation of the utterance and an indication of the particular known user as the speaker is provided using the authentication token of the particular known user.

Claims (52)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a device, a query that includes authentication tokens that correspond to known users of the device and a representation of an utterance;

determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker;

in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance;

in response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining a response to the query based on the authentication tokens included in the query; and

providing the response to the device.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker comprises:

determining that the query does not include a flag that indicates the utterance was classified as spoken by any of the known users.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker comprises:

determining that the query does not flag any of the authentication tokens as corresponding to the speaker of the utterance.

4. The medium of claim 1 , wherein in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance comprises:

in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether an answer to the query is dependent on personal information.

5. The medium of claim 4 , wherein determining whether an answer to the query is dependent on personal information comprises:

determining that the answer to the query is independent of personal information.

6. The medium of claim 1 , wherein response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining a response to the query based on the authentication tokens included in the query comprises:

in response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining whether any of the authentication tokens indicates rights to perform an action indicated by the utterance; and

in response to determining that an authentication token of the authentication tokens indicates rights to perform the action indicated by the utterance, generating the response to indicate that the action was performed.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, from a device, a query that includes authentication tokens that correspond to known users of the device and a representation of an utterance;

determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker;

in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance;

in response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining a response to the query based on the authentication tokens included in the query; and

providing the response to the device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker comprises:

determining that the query does not include a flag that indicates the utterance was classified as spoken by any of the known users.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker comprises:

determining that the query does not flag any of the authentication tokens as corresponding to the speaker of the utterance.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance comprises:

in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether an answer to the query is dependent on personal information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining whether an answer to the query is dependent on personal information comprises:

determining that the answer to the query is independent of personal information.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining a response to the query based on the authentication tokens included in the query comprises:

in response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining whether any of the authentication tokens indicates rights to perform an action indicated by the utterance; and

in response to determining that an authentication token of the authentication tokens indicates rights to perform the action indicated by the utterance, generating the response to indicate that the action was performed.

13. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a device, a query that includes authentication tokens that correspond to known users of the device and a representation of an utterance;

determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker;

in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance;

in response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining a response to the query based on the authentication tokens included in the query; and

providing the response to the device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker comprises:

determining that the query does not include a flag that indicates the utterance was classified as spoken by any of the known users.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker comprises:

determining that the query does not flag any of the authentication tokens as corresponding to the speaker of the utterance.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance comprises:

in response to determining that the query does not indicate a known user as a speaker, determining whether an answer to the query is dependent on personal information.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein determining whether an answer to the query is dependent on personal information comprises:

determining that the answer to the query is independent of personal information.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining a response to the query based on the authentication tokens included in the query comprises:

in response to determining that the query is non-personal based on the representation of the utterance, determining whether any of the authentication tokens indicates rights to perform an action indicated by the utterance; and

in response to determining that an authentication token of the authentication tokens indicates rights to perform the action indicated by the utterance, generating the response to indicate that the action was performed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: OKTEM, MELTEM; JOGLEKAR, TARAL PRADEEP; HERYANDI, FNU; CHAO, PU-SEN; MORENO, IGNACIO LOPEZ; RAJADHYAKSHA, SALIL; GRUENSTEIN, ALEXANDER H.; CASADO, DIEGO MELENDO
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 046662/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2018
From: OKTEM, MELTEM; JOGLEKAR, TARAL PRADEEP; HERYANDI, FNU; CHAO, PU-SEN; MORENO, IGNACIO LOPEZ; RAJADHYAKSHA, SALIL; GRUENSTEIN, ALEXANDER H.; CASADO, DIEGO MELENDO
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 045792/0815 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62567372 · Oct 3, 2017
Provisional Application 62488000 · Apr 20, 2017
Related Publication 20180308491A1 · Oct 25, 2018
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