Patent ID: 8194827

Claim:
A security method comprising: receiving, by a computing system, a first telephone call from a first user, wherein said computing system comprises a memory system, wherein said memory system comprises first existing text data associated with said first user and a first pre-recorded voice sample associated with said first user, and wherein said first existing text data comprises a first existing password/passphrase; broadcasting, by said computing system, an indication message for said first user, wherein said indication message indicates an entity associated with said computing system; first prompting, by said computing system, said first user to enter a password/passphrase using speech; receiving, by said computing system from said first user in response to said first prompting, first speech data comprising a first password/passphrase associated with said first user; storing, by said computing system, said first speech data; converting, by said computing system, said first speech data to first text data; after said converting, comparing by said computing system, said first text data to said first existing text data to determine if said first password/passphrase matches said first existing password/passphrase, wherein said comparing said first text data to said first existing text data determines that said first password/passphrase matches said first existing password/passphrase; comparing, by said computing system, said first speech data to said first pre-recorded voice sample to determine if a frequency spectrum associated with said first speech data matches a frequency spectrum associated with said first pre-recorded voice sample; additionally comparing, by said computing system, a first frequency of said frequency spectrum associated with said first speech data to a second frequency of said frequency spectrum associated with said first pre-recorded voice sample to determine if said first frequency matches said second frequency, and wherein said second frequency represents a minimum frequency as compared to all other frequencies of said frequency spectrum associated with said first pre-recorded voice sample; generating, by said computing system based on results of said comparing and said additionally comparing, a first message indicating said results; and transmitting, by said computing system to said first user, said first message.