Patent ID: 8675828

Claim:
A method of authenticating an authorized user of a telephonic communication device, the method comprising: obtaining a reference voice sample of an authorized user and a security code; storing the reference voice sample and the security code; collecting a voice sample of a user of the telephonic communication device and collecting a user security code; comparing the voice sample to the reference voice sample and comparing the stored security code with the user security code; determining, based upon both comparings, whether the authorized user has permitted the user to use the telephonic communication device; rendering the telephone communication device non-functional in response to the voice sample and the reference voice sample not matching and the stored security code and the user security code not matching; obtaining additional reference voice samples of the authorized user; storing the additional reference voice samples, wherein storing the additional reference voice samples includes revising the reference voice sample to include the additional reference voice samples; and overriding the rendering the telephone communication device non-functional.