System and method for airport security employing identity validation

• US 20030196097A1
• Filed: 06/02/2003
• Published: 10/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsu, Michael, Seed, Eric, Haus, Donald, Hazard, Melissa T., Buie, Lysianne, Korosec, Jason A., Akers, David J.
• Application Number:
  US10/452,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20030196097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder

Abstract

A system and method for airport security employing identity validation and/or verification is provided. The invention includes a first identification input component, a second identification input component, a security output component, and, optionally an identity transaction engine component. The system facilitates airport security by having a person attempting to engage in air travel present identification on at least two occasions via the first identification input component and the second identification input component. The first identification input component initiates identification validation utilizing an identity transaction engine component. The second identification input component facilitates identification of the person so that security information obtained via the identity transaction engine component can be provided to the security output component.

Claims

1. An airport security system, comprising:

a first identification input component that receives information associated with a person attempting to engage in air travel, the first identification input component providing at least some of the information received to an identity transaction engine component;

a second identification input component that receives at least some of the information associated with the person, the second identification input component providing at least some of the information received to the identity transaction engine component; and

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a security output component that provides security information associated with the person received from the identity transaction engine component.

2. The airport security system of claim 1, further comprising the identity transaction engine component, security information provided by the identity transaction engine component being based, at least in part, upon analysis of the information received from the first identification input component and information stored in at least one data store.

3. The airport security system of claim 1, the at least one data store storing information related to at least one of Social Security records, drivers license records, motor vehicle records, state identification records, military identification records, voter registration records, birth records, passport records, selective service records, national identification records, and work authorization records.

4. The airport security system of claim 1, at least one of the first identification input component and the second identification input component comprising at least one of a card reader, a magnetic card reader, a keyboard, a touch screen device, an optical character reader, an iris scanner, a retinal scanner, a thumb print reader, a digital camera, a pointing device, a microphone, an IR remote control, a joystick, a DNA fingerprint analyzer, a DNA profile analyzer, a game pad, a personal digital assistant, a pager, a text messaging device, a smart card reader and an electronic ticket machine.

5. The airport security system of claim 1, at least one of the first identification input component and the second identification input component coupled to the identity transaction engine component by at least one of a telephone connection, a network connection, an extranet, an intranet, the Internet, a satellite link, a wireless communication link, a serial communication link and a parallel communication link.

6. The airport security system of claim 1, the security output component comprising at least one of a telephone, a computer system, a light bar, an audible alarm, a touch screen device, a computer monitor, a television screen, a printer, a personal digital assistant, a wireless telephone display and a speaker.

7. The airport security system of claim 1, the security information provided by the identity transaction engine component being based, at least in part, upon at least one of the following associated with the person:

a DNA profile, a date of birth, name, Social Security Number, identifier, identification number, address, age, ethnicity, citizenship, religious affiliation, political affiliation, health status, failure to have a particular disease, gender, Selective Service registration status, biometric data, height, weight, history of felony conviction, criminal history, inclusion on a list maintained by a governmental agency and inclusion on a list maintained by a private entity.

8. An airport security system, comprising:

a first identification input component that receives information associated with a person attempting to engage in air travel;

a local identification component that receives at least some of the information associated with the person from the first identification input component, the local identification component providing at least some of the information received to an identity transaction engine component, the local identification component further receiving security information associated with the person from the identity transaction engine component;

a second identification input component that receives at least some of the information associated with the person, the second identification input component providing at least some of the information received to the local identification component; and

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a security output component that provides security information associated with the person received from the local identification component based, at least in part, upon security information received from the identity transaction engine component and the information received by the second identification input component.

9. The airport security system of claim 8, further comprising the identity transaction engine component, security information provided by the identity transaction engine component being based, at least in part, upon analysis of the identification information received from the local transaction component and information stored in at least one data store.

10. The airport security system of claim 9, the at least one data store storing information related to at least one of Social Security records, drivers license records, motor vehicle records, state identification records, military identification records, voter registration records, birth records, passport records, selective service records, national identification records, and work authorization records.

11. The airport security system of claim 8, at least one of the first identification input component and the second identification input component comprising at least one of a card reader, a magnetic card reader, a keyboard, a touch screen device, an optical character reader, an iris scanner, a retinal scanner, a thumb print reader, a digital camera, a pointing device, a microphone, an IR remote control, a joystick, a DNA fingerprint analyzer, a DNA profile analyzer, a game pad, a personal digital assistant, a pager, a text messaging device, a smart card reader and an electronic ticket machine.

12. The airport security system of claim 8, at least one of the first identification input component and the second identification input component coupled to the local identification component by at least one of a telephone connection, a network connection, an extranet, an intranet, the Internet, a satellite link, a wireless communication link, a serial communication link and a parallel communication link.

13. The airport security system of claim 8, the security output component comprising at least one of a telephone, a computer system, a light bar, an audible alarm, a touch screen device, a computer monitor, a television screen, a printer, a personal digital assistant, a wireless telephone display and a speaker.

14. The airport security system of claim 8, the security information provided by the identity transaction engine component being based, at least in part, upon at least one of the following associated with the person:

a DNA profile, a date of birth, name, Social Security Number, identifier, identification number, address, age, ethnicity, citizenship, religious affiliation, political affiliation, health status, failure to have a particular disease, gender, Selective Service registration status, biometric data, height, weight, history of felony conviction, criminal history, inclusion on a list maintained by a governmental agency and inclusion on a list maintained by a private entity.

15. The airport security system of claim 8, further comprising means for detaining.

16. A method for providing airport security, comprising:

receiving information associated with a person seeking to engage in air travel;

providing at least some of the information to an identity transaction search engine;

receiving security information from the identity transaction search engine;

receiving information associated with the person seeking to engage in air travel; and

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providing security information associated with the person seeking to engage in air travel.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising at least one of the following acts:

searching at least one data store based at least in part upon the information received regarding the person seeking to engage in air travel;

determining whether the person should be permitted to engage in air travel based, at least in part, upon the identification information and information obtained from the at least one data store;

allowing the air travel if the determination of whether the person should be permitted to in air travel is in the affirmative; and

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prohibiting the air travel if the determination of whether the person should be permitted to engage in air travel is in the negative.

18. A data packet adapted to be communicated between two or more computer processes, the data packet comprising:

security information associated with a person seeking to engage in air travel, the security information being based, at least in part, upon information received from a identity transaction engine component and the information received by the second identification input component.

19. A computer readable medium having computer usable instructions for an airport security system, comprising:

a first identification input component that receives information associated with a person attempting to engage in air travel, the first identification input component providing at least some of the information received to an identity transaction engine component;

a second identification input component that receives at least some of the information associated with the person, the second identification input component providing at least some of the information received to the identity transaction engine component; and

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a security output component that provides security information associated with the person based, at least in part, upon information received from the identity transaction engine component and the information received by the second identification input component.

20. An airport security system, comprising:

means for receiving information associated with a person attempting to engage in air travel;

means for providing the information to an identity transaction engine component;

second means for receiving at least some of the information associated with the person;

means for providing the at least some of the information received to the identity transaction engine component; and

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means for providing security information associated with the person based, at least in part, upon information received from the identity transaction engine component and the second means for receiving at least some of the information associated with the person.

21. A security system comprising:

an identification input component that receives identification information associated with a person entering a secured area,

a security component that receives the identification information from the identification input component, provides at least some of the identification information to an identity transaction engine component, receives security information associated with the person entering the secured area from the identity transaction engine component, and, determines a security risk of the secured area based, at least in part, upon security information received from the identity transaction engine component; and

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a security output component receives information associated with the security risk from the security component.

22. The system of claim 21, where the security component stores the security information in an occupant data store, and, further determines the security risk based, at least in part, upon security information stored in the occupant data store.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising the identity transaction engine component.

24. A method for providing security for a secured area comprising:

receiving identification information associated with a person;

providing at least some of the identification information to an identity transaction engine component;

receiving security information associated with the person from the identity transaction engine component; and

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determining a security risk of the secured area based, at least in part, upon information received from the identity transaction engine component.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising storing the security information in an occupant data store.

26. The method of claim 25, determining a security risk of the secured area being further based, at least in part, upon information stored in the occupant data store.