Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to identify and authorize caller via ultrasound
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Application No.: US15373941Application Date: 2016-12-09
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Publication No.: US10601820B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Vijay K. Ananthapur Bache , Vijay Ekambaram , Saravanan Sadacharam
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Aaron N. Pontikos
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L12/06 ; G06F21/32 ; H04B11/00 ; H04W12/12 ; G06F16/951 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W12/00

Abstract:
A system for authenticating an identity of an end-user on an electronic device associated with a subscriber is provided. The system includes: a processor in communication with a server, the processor being configured to perform a method including: storing, at the server, a signal database registered to a client end-user, the processor being configured to retrieve, from the signal database, an ultrasound signature associated with the client end-user; establishing an active communication with the end-user on the electronic device to initiate an end-user voice call; identifying, using the end-user voice call, an ultrasound signature associated with the end-user; and dynamically verifying the ultrasound signature associated with the end-user with the ultrasound signature of the client-end user to validate the end-user voice call, while maintaining the active communication with the end-user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180167385A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY AND AUTHORIZE CALLER VIA ULTRASOUND Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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