Biometric authentication
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6. The method according to clam 5, further comprising granting the privileged user access to the computer in response to determining a match between the capture BIR data and the stored-copy of the enrollment BIR data.
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An apparatus, method and program product locally stores biometric data in response to a user accessing a network (38). Local storage of the biometric data allows the user to biometrically access a local computer (20) in the absence of a network connection (18) and/or submitted ID.
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6. The method according to clam 5, further comprising granting the privileged user access to the computer in response to determining a match between the capture BIR data and the stored-copy of the enrollment BIR data.
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34. A method of biometrically controlling a user'"'"'s access to information retrievable via a computer, wherein the user normally has to provide at the computer both an ID and capture BIR data to gain access to the information, further comprising:
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after storing a copy of enrollment BIR data, on a subsequent attempt by the accessing user to gain access to the information, causing the user to provide the capture BIR data to the computer without providing the ID; and
evaluating the capture BIR data against the stored enrollment BIR data to determine whether the user is to be given access to the information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory;
a database resident within the memory, the database storing enrollment BIR data retrieved from a network and correlated with a privileged user;
a program configured to prompt an accessing user to provide capture BIR data to the computer and the computer to communicate with the network; and
initiates an evaluation of the capture BIR data with the enrollment BIR data to determine whether an accessing user is to be given access to the network as the privileged user via the computer, and if so, configured to thereafter store a copy of the enrollment BIR data in the database for later use. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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54-1. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein after storing the copy of the enrollment BIR data at the computer, and thereafter, while the computer is not communicating with the network, the program further causes the accessing user to provide the captured BIR data to the computer;
- and initiates the evaluation of the capture BIR data and the stored copy of the enrollment BIR data to determine whether the accessing user is to be given access to the computer as the privileged user.
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83. An apparatus for biometrically controlling access of a user to information retrievable via a computer, wherein the user normally has to provide at the computer both an D) and capture BIR data to gain access to the information, comprising:
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a memory;
a database resident within the memory, the database storing enrollment BIR data correlated with a privileged user;
a program configured to, after storing a copy of enrollment BIR data and on a subsequent attempt by the accessing user to gain access to the information, cause the user to provide the capture BIR data to the computer without providing the ID; and
to initiate an evaluation of the capture BIR data against the stored enrollment BIR data to determine whether the user is to be given access to the information. - View Dependent Claims (84)
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85. A program product, comprising:
a program configured to prompt an accessing user to provide capture BIR data to a computer, wherein memory of the computer stores enrollment BIR data retrieved from a network and correlated with a privileged user, and to cause the computer to communicate with the network; and
further to initiate an evaluation of the capture BIR data with the enrollment BIR data to determine whether an accessing user is to be given access to the network as the privileged user via the computer, and if so, configured to thereafter store a copy of the enrollment BIR data in the database for later use; and
a signal bearing medium bearing the program. - View Dependent Claims (86)
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87. A program product, comprising:
a program configured to cause an accessing user to provide capture BIR data to a computer without providing an ID, wherein a copy of an enrollment BIR data was stored on a previous attempt by the accessing user to gain access via a network, and to evaluate the capture BIR data against the stored enrollment BIR data to determine whether the accessing user is to be given access to the computer as the privileged user; and
a signal bearing medium bearing the program. - View Dependent Claims (88)
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