Secure system using images of only part of a body as the key where the part has continuously-changing features
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining information indicative of a biometric;
forming multiple separated samples indicative of said biometric, said separated samples representing separate portions of information from the biometric which separated samples are separated from one another by a specified amount;
controlling said forming according to a value which is effectively random, such that forming at two different times will form two different samples; and
sending said multiple separated samples indicative of said biometric, and not all of the information indicative of the biometric, at any of said different times.
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Abstract
A secure system using a continuously-changing key that depends on the user'"'"'s body part. A preferred embodiment obtains an image of the user'"'"'s fingerprint and cements it according to a random generator. Only part of the image and not all of the image is sent at one time. The random segmentation insures that part of the image that is sent continuously varies from time to time. Therefore, an unauthorized receiver can receive only part but not all of the image. That only part of the image which is received will usually not be the same at the second as it is at the first time. Therefore, a received code cannot later be used to fool the system with the same credit card.
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Citations
117 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining information indicative of a biometric;
forming multiple separated samples indicative of said biometric, said separated samples representing separate portions of information from the biometric which separated samples are separated from one another by a specified amount;
controlling said forming according to a value which is effectively random, such that forming at two different times will form two different samples; and
sending said multiple separated samples indicative of said biometric, and not all of the information indicative of the biometric, at any of said different times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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obtaining a value indicative of a biometric information;
converting said value into electronic information indicative of said biometric information;
obtaining a random value which is different at different times of operation, such that said random value at a first time is different then said random value at a second time; and
selecting a plurality of separated portions of said electronic information based on said random value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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obtaining a constantly changing value which is different at a first time than it is at a second time;
using said value to select portions of a biometric information data set; and
sending information indicative of said portions and not information about at least a plurality of areas other than said portions, to a remote location as an identifying data set. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system, comprising:
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a biometric reader, which obtains data indicative of a biometric;
a first generator which obtains a constantly varying value;
a data sending element, which selects parts of said data, but does not select other parts of said data, based on said constantly varying value, and which only sends said parts, and does not send said other parts. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of identification, comprising:
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storing, at a first location, a database including a plurality of biometric information parts;
obtaining, at a second location, a biometric information part;
determining a constantly changing value, and using said constantly changing value to sample and obtain a plurality separated values indicative of said biometric information part to be identified, wherein said values are separated by an amount based on said constantly changing value; and
sending said separated values, but not sending values indicative of areas between said separated values to said first location and using said separated values at said first location to compare said biometric information part to information in said database. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method, comprising:
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receiving a signal which includes plural samples of biometric information, said plural samples including separated parts of a continuous stream of biometric information, which separated parts are separated by a separation amount; and
comparing said samples to information in a database, which information represents an entirety of the biometric information, to determine whether or not the information matches the information in the database. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66)
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63. A method as in claimed 57 further comprising adjusting an orientation of the biometric information, prior to said comparing.
- 64. A method as in claimed 61, further comprising adjusting an orientation of the fingerprint, prior to said comparing.
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67. A method of transmitting biometric information, comprising:
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obtaining a biometric feature which can be represented as an image;
obtaining a number which is effectively random;
using said number to form separated samples of the image representing the biometric feature; and
sending only said separated samples, and not the entire image, to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69)
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70. A method comprising:
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obtaining a signal indicative of a sample indicative of a part of a user'"'"'s body;
altering said signal to form a second sample which forms a constantly-changing personal access code which is representative of only a portion of said sample. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A method, comprising:
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obtaining biometric information, indicative of a biometric part;
segmenting said biometric information in a way which is effectively random; and
forming a signal representing only segmented parts of the biometric information, and not the whole biometric information. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A method, comprising:
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obtaining biometric information indicative of a biometric part;
adding information indicative of clock data to said biometric information;
encrypting a message including said clock data information, and said information indicative of the biometric part; and
verifying said information, by decrypting the message, and comparing the clock data information to local clock data information. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98)
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99. A method, comprising:
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obtaining biometric information which can be represented as an image;
sending only part of said biometric information to a remote receiver; and
using said only part of said information to compensate for tilt of said image as part of verifying said biometric information. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. A method, comprising:
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obtaining biometric information;
obtaining a value which is effectively random;
determining if said value which is effectively random has been used for other samples within a specified time;
if said value has been used for other samples within the specified time, then selecting a new value; and
using said value to process said biometric information. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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116. A method comprising:
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obtaining biometric information;
obtaining an indication of time from a network;
selecting only at part of said biometric information based on a value which is effectively random;
combining said only part, and said indication of time into a message;
encrypting said message; and
using said message to verify a transaction. - View Dependent Claims (117)
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Specification