Abstract: A method and electronic device for verifying a user provides for secure speaker verification. The method includes activating a speaker verification process on the electronic device (step 305). A character string is then provided to a user of the electronic device in response to activating the speaker verification process (step 310). Next, an input utterance received from the user within a predetermined time period after providing the character string to the user is processed (step 315). The input utterance is then matched with the character string (step 320) and with stored speech data (step 325). The user is thus verified when the input utterance matches both the character string and the stored speech data.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for replying to a received text message received at the electronic device. The method comprises composing a reply text message on a common display screen of the device whist concurrently displaying, on the common display screen, a body of text contained in the received text message. The method performs transmitting the reply text message without the body of text contained in the received text message and automatically removing, in response to the transmitting, the reply text message from the common display screen.