Patent ID: 8959360
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer readable storage device encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by a data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the data processing apparatus that is operating in a locked mode, audio data that encodes an utterance of a user, wherein the locked mode prevents the data processing apparatus from performing at least one action; providing, while the data processing apparatus is operating in the locked mode, the audio data to a voice biometric engine and a voice action engine; receiving, while the data processing apparatus is operating in the locked mode, data from the voice action engine that identifies a voice action that is associated with the utterance; determining, while the data processing apparatus is operating in the locked mode, that the voice action that is associated with the utterance is classified as a voice action that does not require authentication to perform; based on determining that the voice action that is associated with the utterance is classified as a voice action that does not require authentication to perform, processing, while the data processing apparatus is operating in the locked mode, the voice action that is associated with the utterance; and after processing the voice action that is associated with the utterance, receiving, while the data processing apparatus is operating in the locked mode, an indication from the voice biometric engine, the indication specifying whether the user has been biometrically authenticated.