Electronic Business Card Voice Data Security Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic business cards lack security mechanisms, particularly in an increasingly connected world where protecting personal information is a growing concern.

Innovation Solution

Integration of voice data, such as digitized voice samples or pre-processed voice recognition data, into electronic business cards, which can be transferred via Bluetooth or other wireless technologies, providing a security layer through voice recognition for identification and verification purposes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If voice data is integrated into electronic business cards, then security is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines voice data with electronic business card information into a single integrated format. The voice sample is embedded within the vCard structure, allowing security verification to be performed alongside standard business card exchange operations without requiring separate systems or devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The electronic business card system is enhanced to serve multiple functions: it continues to provide standard contact information exchange while simultaneously enabling voice-based security verification and user identification. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the same device handle both simple information sharing and security-critical verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If voice recognition security is implemented, then user identification accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser identification accuracyVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The voice sample is collected and stored in advance during the business card creation process, rather than requiring real-time voice capture during verification. This preliminary action allows the security system to be pre-configured with the user's voice characteristics, making subsequent verification operations simpler and more accurate.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of requiring complex real-time voice analysis during verification, the system uses a pre-recorded voice sample (copy) stored in the electronic business card. This copy can be compared against verification inputs without requiring sophisticated real-time processing, thereby maintaining high identification accuracy while preserving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS9031614B2Method and apparatus for secure electronic business card exchange
Publication Date: 2015.05.12 RINGCENTRAL INC
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AI summary

An electronic business card is provided with voice data associated with the card owner. In some embodiments, the voice data is a digitized voice sample; in other embodiments, the voice data is a selection of pre-processed voice recognition data associated with a voice sample. In some implementations, the electronic business card can be transferred to other parties using a Bluetooth personal network. A user application can then make use of the voice sample or pre-processed voice recognition data for security or user identification.