Voice-Based User Registration Method for Client Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing registration processes for client devices, especially those without keyboards or virtual keyboards, are cumbersome and inaccessible to visually impaired users, requiring companion apps and manual data entry, which increases developer workload and does not support voice-based registration.
Innovation Solution
A voice-based registration method using a client device with a microphone and network interface, where users provide verbal inputs that are recorded and sent to a server-based system for identity verification through a series of security questions generated dynamically based on user-specific data, allowing for conversational registration and login without the need for companion apps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional registration process using keyboards or virtual keyboards is used, then user identity verification can be achieved, but the process becomes cumbersome and inaccessible to visually impaired users, requiring companion apps that increase developer workload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical keyboard input system with a voice-based acoustic input system. The registration process substitutes physical key pressing with spoken word recognition, where the user's voice is captured by a microphone, converted to text through speech recognition, and processed for authentication. This eliminates the need for keyboards, virtual keyboards, and companion apps, making the system accessible to visually impaired users while reducing device complexity requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces speech recognition technology as an intermediary between the user's voice and the server-based system. This intermediary converts verbal input into structured data that can be processed for authentication, bridging the gap between natural human communication and machine processing without requiring additional input devices or companion applications
2Adaptability or versatility
If companion apps are provided for all possible combinations of smart phones and tablets, then registration functionality is maintained across devices, but developer workload increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal voice-based registration system that functions across all devices with microphone and network capabilities. Instead of creating device-specific companion apps for different smartphone and tablet combinations, the system uses a single voice recognition approach that works universally, eliminating the need for multiple platform-specific implementations and significantly reducing developer workload
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables devices to perform registration independently through their built-in microphones and speech recognition capabilities. Each device can handle voice-based registration autonomously without requiring external companion apps, allowing devices to self-configure and register users directly through their inherent hardware capabilities
3Ease of operation
If voice-based login is implemented using existing methods, then authentication can be performed, but registration is not possible when no voiceprint is stored in the database
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary voiceprint capture during the registration phase before authentication is needed. The system first records and stores the user's voiceprint in the database during initial registration, creating the necessary biometric data in advance. This preliminary action enables subsequent voice-based authentication to function properly, resolving the limitation where login is impossible without pre-stored voiceprints
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AI summary
The invention shows a method of a user registration process into a server-based system using a client device compromising the following steps: initializing a registration process on the client device; providing a first verbal user input to the registration process, wherein the first verbal input is recorded by a microphone of the client device and sent to the server-based system; assigning the first verbal user input to a user specific dataset located on the server-based system; generating a first security question by the server-based system, wherein the first security question is a random question generated by a random question generator based on the user specific dataset; asking the first security question to the user by means of a speaker of the client device, recording an answer by the microphone as a second verbal user input and sending the answer to the server-based system; verifying the identity of the user by the registration process on basis of the answer.