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Security method and apparatus using biometric data

  • US 20050005136A1
  • Filed: 04/21/2004
  • Published: 01/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A security method, carried out by a trusted authority, comprising reading identity data from a memory device presented by a subject individual, the identity data comprising both biometric data of a specific individual and additional identity data concerning the same specific individual;

  • using the biometric data read from the memory device as a biometric reference for comparison with biometric characteristics of said subject individual to determine whether the latter is said specific individual; and

    generating a decryption key using private data of the trusted authority and at least the additional identity data read from the memory device or matching data.

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