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Hotword-based speaker recognition

US10438591B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2017
Grant dateOct 8, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/227
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods performed by data processing apparatus and computer storage media encoded with computer programs for receiving an utterance from a user in a multi-user environment, each user having an associated set of available resources, determining that the received utterance includes at least one predetermined word, comparing speaker identification features of the uttered predetermined word with speaker identification features of each of a plurality of previous utterances of the predetermined word, the plurality of previous predetermined word utterances corresponding to different known users in the multi-user environment, attempting to identify the user associated with the uttered predetermined word as matching one of the known users in the multi-user environment, and based on a result of the attempt to identify, selectively providing the user with access to one or more resources associated with a corresponding known user.

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