Patent ID: 8161289

Claim:
A method for providing voice-authenticated access to a portable memory storage device (“device”) and for providing voice control of portable media player functions, comprising: enrolling the device after the device interfaces with a host system and an application is launched that requests a user to provide voice input; receiving the user voice input and storing the voice input as a template for subsequent user access; wherein the template is stored in non-volatile memory cells of the device; and authenticating the user by receiving user voice input and comparing the voice input with the stored template, wherein access to user files is provided after the user is authenticated, wherein the portable memory storage device is a component of a portable media player and wherein the method further comprises associating, in memory of the portable memory storage device, a voice command spoken by a user and a play function of the portable media player, using the portable memory storage device to control the portable media player to play a media file stored in the memory of the portable memory storage device in response to a user speaking into a microphone of the media player the voice command and a file name for the media file.