Patent ID: 8151326
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating an access request for restricted content, the method comprising: receiving a login request from a user over a network; generating a passphrase for the user; converting the passphrase to a voice message such that the voice message contains the passphrase and the voice message is rendered using a voice that was previously selected by the user; transmitting the voice message to a voice message address associated with the user, the voice message including the passphrase rendered using the voice previously selected by the user; receiving an input passphrase from the user over the network, provided the user recognizes the transmitted passphrase is rendered in the voice previously selected by the user; determining whether the input passphrase received from the user matches the generated passphrase which was rendered using the voice previously selected by the user and transmitted in the voice message to the voice message address; and granting the login request when the input passphrase received from the user matches the generated passphrase.