Web-based, biometric authentication system and method
First Claim
1. A method for enabling biometric authentication of an individual seeking access to a Web server from a Web client, the method comprising:
- selecting records of biometric data of one or more individuals on the Web server;
selecting parameters associated with biometric data to use in authenticating the biometric data;
collecting live biometric data in accordance with the selected parameters, the live biometric data having any number of biometric characteristics of the individual;
comparing biometric characteristics of the selected records with the biometric characteristics of the live biometric data as a function of the selected parameters; and
determining whether the live data sufficiently matches the selected records as to enable biometric authentication of the individual as a function of the comparison.
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Abstract
A Web-based authentication system and method, the system comprising at least one Web client station, at least one Web server station and an authentication center. The Web client station is linked to a Web cloud, and provides selected biometric data of an individual who is using the Web client station. The Web server station is also linked to the Web cloud. The authentication center is linked to at least one of the Web client and Web server stations so as to receive the biometric data. The authentication center, having records of one or more enrolled individuals, provides for comparison of the provided data with selected records. The method comprises the steps of (i) establishing parameters associated with selected biometric characteristics to be used in authentication; (ii) acquiring, at the Web client station, biometric data in accordance with the parameters; (iii) receiving, at an authentication center, a message that includes biometric data; (iv) selecting, at the authentication center, one or more records from among records associated with one or more enrolled individuals; and (v) comparing the received data with selected records. The comparisons of the system and method are to determine whether the so-compared live data sufficiently matches the selected records so as to authenticate the individual seeking access of the Web server station, which access is typically to information, services and other resources provided by one or more application servers associated with the Web server station.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for enabling biometric authentication of an individual seeking access to a Web server from a Web client, the method comprising:
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selecting records of biometric data of one or more individuals on the Web server;
selecting parameters associated with biometric data to use in authenticating the biometric data;
collecting live biometric data in accordance with the selected parameters, the live biometric data having any number of biometric characteristics of the individual;
comparing biometric characteristics of the selected records with the biometric characteristics of the live biometric data as a function of the selected parameters; and
determining whether the live data sufficiently matches the selected records as to enable biometric authentication of the individual as a function of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 28)
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6. An authentication system for authenticating an individual seeking access to a Web server from a Web client, the system comprising:
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a biometric device linked to the Web client to provide live data respecting biometric characteristics of the individual, the live data having parameters;
an authentication center in communication with the Web server for storing a plurality of records of biometric data of a plurality of individuals, such biometric data having characteristics associated with parameters, the authentication center being adapted to compare the characteristics of the live data with characteristics of the biometric data for a plurality of individuals as a function of the parameters, the comparison being to determine whether the live data sufficiently matches the selected records of one of the plurality of individuals so as to identify the individual seeking access to a Web server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An authentication system comprising:
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a web client configured and arranged to receive live biometric data inputs from a user and to communicate the live biometric data on a network communications link;
a biometric record parameter database having stored biometric data and stored parameter information for use in analyzing live biometric data, the parameter information including information describing evaluation characteristics to use in evaluating live biometric data;
a web server coupled to the network communications link and configured and arranged to;
receive the live biometric data from the web client; and
using the parameters stored in the biometric record parameter database, identifying and using a characteristic of the live biometric data with the stored biometric data to determine a condition of validity of the live biometric data; and
authenticating the user as a function of the determined condition of compatibility. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A biometric identification system comprising:
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a web client configured and arranged to receive live biometric data inputs from a user and to communicate the live biometric data on a network communications link;
a biometric record database configured and arranged to store biometric data for a multitude of users; and
a web server configured and arranged for communicating with the web client to receive the live biometric data and to identify the user as a function of a comparison between the live biometric data and stored biometric data for a multitude of users stored in the biometric database. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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