Method and apparatus for secure electronic business card exchange

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
including voice data in an electronic business card, said including voice data including providing said voice data on a physical business card and reading said voice data into an address book device; transmitting said electronic business card from one electronic communications device to another; saving transmitted voice data in association with an address book entry; and using said saved voice data to verify an identity of party.