Maintaining data confidentiality in communications involving voice-enabled devices in a distributed computing environment
US11411734B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2015/223
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, devices, apparatuses, and processes that maintain data confidentiality in communications involving voice-enabled devices operating within a distributed computing environment. By way of example, an apparatus may receive, from a communications system across a public communications network, a request for an element of data generated by the computing system based on first audio content obtained at a device. The apparatus may obtain the requested data element and further, may generate acoustic data representative of at least a portion of the requested data element. The apparatus may also generate an encrypted response to the received request that includes the acoustic data, and transmit the encrypted response to the device across the public communications network. The device may execute an application program that causes the device to decrypt the encrypted response and to perform operations that present the acoustic data through an acoustic interface.
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