Patent ID: 7403766
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61K,G06F,G06K,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for restricting access to a telephone call management system, said apparatus comprising: a speaker independent voice recognition module; a speaker dependent voice identification module; a RFID signal detect module; a prompting module; and a database, wherein each entry in said database comprises an access RFID number, and an access speech sample; wherein said prompting module prompts a user to provide a user access personal identification number (PIN) and a user speech sample; wherein said speaker independent voice recognition module verifies each said user speech sample as indicative of said user's name; wherein said user PIN is provided by said user as dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) information; wherein said RFID signal detect module authorizes said user to use said telephone call management system if said user is proximate to an RFID device with a valid RFID number; wherein said speaker dependent voice identification module receives said user speech sample and compares it with said access speech sample corresponding to said access RFID number; and wherein said apparatus authorizes said user to use said telephone call management system if said user speech sample matches said access speech sample.