Audio Fingerprint Authentication for Voice Network Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Excessive network transmissions, including malicious ones, can hinder efficient processing of network traffic data, lead to inefficient bandwidth utilization, and complicate data routing, especially when computing devices are at or above their processing capacity.
Innovation Solution
A presence and authentication system that uses audio-based inputs to generate audio fingerprints, determines user confidence scores based on location indications, and selects digital components for transmission, thereby authenticating users and disabling malicious transmissions to improve computational efficiency and reduce bandwidth utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the computing device processes all network traffic data including malicious transmissions, then complete data processing is achieved, but processing efficiency deteriorates and bandwidth utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication of audio-based inputs before they are processed by the computing device. By generating audio fingerprints and verifying user identity in advance, the system prevents malicious transmissions from entering the processing pipeline, thereby improving overall processing efficiency and reducing wasted bandwidth on harmful data
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system that acts as a mediator between network traffic and the computing device. This intermediary layer analyzes audio inputs, generates fingerprints, and determines whether to allow processing, thus protecting the main system from malicious transmissions while maintaining efficient processing of legitimate data
2Reliability
If audio-based authentication is implemented to verify user identity, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates an audio fingerprint as a simplified copy or representation of the original audio input. This fingerprint serves as a manageable identifier that captures essential characteristics without requiring storage or processing of the entire audio signal, thus maintaining authentication reliability while reducing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the audio input from its original complex form into a fingerprint representation by changing key parameters such as frequency characteristics, time-domain features, and spectral properties. This parameter transformation simplifies the authentication process while maintaining the ability to reliably verify user identity
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is generally directed a data processing system for authenticating packetized audio signals in a voice activated computer network environment. The data processing system can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of auditory data packet transmission over one or more computer networks by, for example, disabling malicious transmissions prior to their transmission across the network. The present solution can also improve computational efficiency by disabling remote computer processes possibly affected by or caused by the malicious audio signal transmissions. By disabling the transmission of malicious audio signals, the system can reduce bandwidth utilization by not transmitting the data packets carrying the malicious audio signal across the networks.