Issue 10 Volume 41 May 16, 2003

oth ends of the system provides an easy-to-use interface. The cell phone used is able to transmit data information with short
delay time and to operate in radio-like mode.
DTIC
Data Transmission; Radiotelephones
20030034712 Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC, USA
Secure Wireless Communication User Identification By Voice Recognition
Ulvinen, Vesa, Inventor; Paloniemi, Jari, Inventor; May 21, 2002; 10 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Patent Info.: Filed: 7 Jun. 1999, Patented 21 May 2001; US-Patent-Appl-SN-326717
Report No.(s): AD-A406396; PATENT-6 393 305; No Copyright; Avail: US Patent and Trademark Office
A method to authorize or authenticate a user of a wireless telecommunication system (32), and includes steps of (a)
selecting a word at random from a set of reference words, or synthesizing a reference word; (b) prompting the user to speak
the reference word; and (c) authenticating the user to operate in, or through, or with a resource reachable through the wireless
telecommunication system, only if the users speech characteristics match pre-stored characteristics associated with the
reference word. In one embodiment the steps of selecting or synthesizing, prompting, and authenticating are performed in a
mobile station (10) having a speech transducer (19) for inputting the user’s speech, while in another embodiment at least one
of the steps of selecting or synthesizing, prompting, and authenticating are performed in a wireless telecommunications
network (32) that is coupled between the mobile station and a telephone network (35). In yet another embodiment at least one
of these steps are performed in a data communications network resource (38) that is coupled through a data communications
network (37), such as the Internet, and the wireless telecommunications network to the mobile station. The step of prompting
may include a step of displaying alphanumeric text and/or a graphical image to the user using a display (20) of the mobile
station.
DTIC
Communication Networks; Wireless Communication; Internets; Speech Recognition; Voice Communication
20030034748 New South Wales Univ., Sydney, Australia
Home Telecare: System Architecture to Support Chronic Disease Management
Magrabi, Farah; Lovell, Nigel H.; Huynh, Khang; Cellar, Branko G.; October 25, 2001; 5 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A410704; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A01, Hardcopy
A system architecture to support information transfer between hospital, general practitioner and the home is described in
the context of a Home Telecare System (HTS). The HTS facilitates the acquisition, review, analysis and archiving of a
longitudinal clinical record to support chronic disease management. The system allows the clinician to schedule for his/her
patient the regular recording of clinical measurements (weight, temperature, lung function, blood pressure, single lead
electro-cardiogram and ambulation). The patient has in their home a PC with a serially-connected clinical workstation. In
addition, the HTS allows the scheduling of questionnaires, medication reminders and the monitoring of an emergency alarm
button. The clinician’s interface uses standard % Web browser technology to connect to a Web and database server. Use cases
indicate that this configuration is not suitable for the patient interface in the home. In this case, a separate stand-alone
application with a local subset of the database that periodically communicates with a central server is more appropriate to
support a highly usable interface that can be easily customized and maintained.
DTIC
Architecture (Computers); Systems Engineering; Telemedicine; Clinical Medicine; Diseases; Chronic Conditions
20030037110 Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Espoo (Finland)
Evolutionary Approach to Organizing after Market Services for Mobile Phones in Asia Pacific
Linnarinne, H.; Nov. 2001; 166 pp.
Report No.(s): PB2003-101274; REPT-15; Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
After market services for mobile phones has grown in size and importance, ‘in the shadow’ of the mobile phone business.
Today it is both a significant motive in customer behavior and an immense cost factor to the mobile phone supplier.
Nevertheless, after market services have not been given sufficient recognition in business concepts. Furthermore, there are only
a limited number of studies done on after markets services in industrial environment. This study concentrates on the evolution
in after market services in mobile phone business. The aim is to identify the optimal after market service approach in regard
to the maturity of the mobile phone market.
NTIS
Commerce; Costs; Telecommunication
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