20090055193 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER CODE FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING ACCESS TO A SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPOKEN CONTENT RECEIVED FROM A USER - Apparatus, methods and computer-readable medium for authenticating a user and selectively providing access to a computer service are described herein. In some embodiments, a) a user input is solicited; b) a voice response to the input soliciting; is received on or from a client device, c) if a determination is made, in accordance with one or more speech delivery features of the voice response, that the voice response is a live human voice response, the client device is permitted to access a computer service; and d) otherwise, client device access to the computer service is denied. Optionally, the access may be permitted only to a pre-determined gender or a pre-determined age group. | 02-26-2009 |