User Identification with Voiceprints on Online Social Networks

• Main Author: Niewczas, Mateusz Marek
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.07.2023
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices of an online social network, receiving, from a client system at a first location, an audio input from an unknown user, identifying a first user who is proximate to the first location, identifying the unknown user as a second user based on a comparison of the audio input to one or more voiceprints of one or more candidate users accessible by the client system, respectively, wherein each voiceprint comprises audio data for auditory identification of a unique user, and wherein each candidate user is a contact of the first user, and sending customized content to one or more of the first user or the second user, wherein the content is customized using interest information associated with the first or second user.