Abstract: A portable speech signal preprocessing (SSP) device having a microphone for receiving spoken speech and background noise, a digital signal processor (DSP) for processing the received noise into feature vectors, a coupler for coupling to a communication device and for transmission over a communication channel. An automatic speech/speaker recognition (ASSR) server receives over the communication channel the preprocessed speech data and recognizes the spoken speech/speaker. A system having the portable SSP device and the ASSR server can be used to remotely activate, reset, or change PIN codes in smartcards, magnetic cards, or electronic money cards.

Abstract: A portable acoustic signal (speech signal) preprocessing (SSP) device for accessing an automatic speech/speaker recognition (ASSR) server comprises a microphone for converting sound including speech, silence and background noise signals to analog signals; an analog signals to digital converter for converting the analog signals to digital signals; a digital signal processor (DSP) for generating feature vector data representing the digitized speech and silence/background noise, and for generating channel characterization signals; and an acoustic coupler for converting the feature vector data and the characterization signals to acoustic signals and coupling the acoustic signals to a communication channel to access the ASSR server to perform speech and speaker recognition at a remote location. The SSP device may also be configured to compress and encrypt data transmitted to the ASSR server via the DSP and encryption keys stored in a memory.