Patent ID: 7203840

Claim:
A method of controlling access to a language learning computer facility, the method comprising: permitting a user to interact with the computer facility through a user computer, the user interaction comprising language learning responses submitted to the computer facility through the user computer; performing a user authentication process to determine if the permitted user interaction is authorized; and determining whether the permitted user interaction should be continued, if the user is determined not to be authorized; wherein the user authentication process is performed with user authentication information that is obtained by the computer facility during the permitted user interaction and also with user authentication information extracted from the user's language learning responses; wherein the permitted user interaction includes receiving user speaker verification information that is obtained from the user in response to language learning requests from the computer facility and further including: analyzing the speaker verification information to verify that the user is a recognized speaker; wherein the determination of whether user interaction should be continued is performed a predetermined time after the user begins interaction with the computer facility; and wherein the predetermined time comprises a predetermined number of computer facility requests.