User Identification with Voiceprints on Online Social Networks

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 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.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the customized content comprises content associated with the first location. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating the customized content based on one or more interests of the first user or the second user, wherein the one or more interests are accessed from an online social network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the customized content comprises content having one or more topics that match the interests of the first user or the second user. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the customized content comprises advertisements, news feeds, push notifications, place tips, coupons, suggestions, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the client system is a mobile phone, a Bluetooth beacon, or a media device operable to receive audio input. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second users are associated with an event on an online social network. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the first and second users have confirmed their attendance at the event to the online social network. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each candidate user is within a threshold degree of separation of the first user within an online social network. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining a relationship status between the first user and the second user; and   sending, to the client system, a temporary personal identifier for presentation to the second user if the relationship status between the first user and the second user satisfies a threshold criteria.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the relationship status between the first user and the second user satisfies the threshold criteria when the first user is within a threshold degree of separation of the second user within an online social network. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the relationship status between the first user and the second user satisfies the threshold criteria when a privacy settings of the first user allow the second user to access a profile page of the first user. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 authenticating the second user to access an online account associated with the second user via the client system.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the authenticating the second user to access an online account associated with the second user via the client system grants the second user access to a social-networking feed associated with the second user. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the authenticating the second user grants the second user access to information about friends of the second user. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising accessing one or more third-party applications on the client system in response to authenticating the second user. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the authenticating the second user grants the second user access to an online social network. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the access to the online social network granted to the second user is subject to social-networking visibility restrictions associated with the second user. 
     
     
         19 . One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
 receive, from a client system at a first location, an audio input from an unknown user;   identify a first user who is proximate to the first location;   identify 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   send 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.   
     
     
         20 . A system comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
 receive, from a client system at a first location, an audio input from an unknown user;   identify a first user who is proximate to the first location;   identify 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   send 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.