Patents by Inventor Robert Parts

Robert Parts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10146923
    Abstract: Electronic system for authenticating a user of an electronic service, said system preferably comprising at least one server apparatus, the system being configured to store, for a number of users, a plurality of personal voice-prints each of which being linked with a dedicated visual, audiovisual or audio cue, for challenge-response authentication of the users, wherein the cues are user-selected, user-provided or user-created, pick, upon receipt of an authentication request associated with a claim of an identity of an existing user of said number of users, a subset of cues for which there are voiceprints of the existing user stored, and provide the cues for representation to the user as a challenge, receive sound data indicative of the voice responses uttered by the user to the represented cues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: APLComp Oy
    Inventors: Martti Pitkänen, Robert Parts, Pirjo Huuhka-Pitkänen
  • Publication number: 20180068103
    Abstract: Electronic system (106, 109A) for authenticating a user of an electronic service, said system preferably comprising at least one server apparatus, the system being configured to store (122, 112, 200), for a number of users, a plurality of personal voice-prints (204) each of which being linked with a dedicated visual, audiovisual or audio cue (202), for challenge-response authentication of the users, wherein the cues are user-selected, user-provided or user-created, pick (116, 200C, 142, 144), upon receipt of an authentication request associated with a claim of an identity (160) of an existing user of said number of users, a subset of cues (212) for which there are voiceprints of the existing user stored (112), and provide the cues for representation to the user as a challenge, receive (126, 148, 150) sound data indicative of the voice responses uttered by the user to the represented cues, said voice responses being captured utilizing both air and throat microphones, determine (114, 152, 154, 156, 158) on the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: APLComp Oy
    Inventors: Martti Pitkänen, Robert Parts, Pirjo Huuhka-Pitkänen