Biometric multimodal centralized authentication service

• US 20050138391A1
• Filed: 12/19/2003
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mandalia, Baiju D., Mansey, Pradeep P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,360,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A central system in communication with the one or more applications is configured for storing an identifying information of a user. The identifying information includes a biometric identifying data. The central system is further configured for prompting the user for a confirmatory biometric data when the user accesses any of the one or more voice applications connected to the central system. The system compares the confirmatory biometric data with the biometric identifying data. The system authenticates the user if the confirmatory biometric data matches a portion of the biometric identifying data.

Claims

1. A method of authenticating and verifying the identity of users accessing one or more applications, comprising the steps of:

storing user identifying information in a central system in communication with the one or more applications, the user identifying information including a biometric identifying data;

prompting a user for a confirmatory biometric data when the user accesses any of the one or more applications;

comparing the confirmatory biometric data with the biometric identifying data stored in the central system; and

authenticating the user if the confirmatory biometric data matches a portion of the biometric identifying data.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the biometric identifying data is one of an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the biometric identifying data includes an image, a fingerprint, a signature, and a voice, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is one of an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

reading a user device; and

detecting one or more multi-modal client features in the user device, wherein the one or more multi-modal client features define a first mode of biometric verification based on a first class of biometric data.

5. The method of claim 4,

wherein the biometric identifying data is at least in part composed from the first class of biometric data, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is composed from the first class of biometric data.

6. A system for authenticating and verifying the identity of users accessing one or more applications, comprising:

a central system in communication with the one or more applications and configured for storing an identifying information of a user, the identifying information including a biometric identifying data;

a prompting logic for prompting the user for a confirmatory biometric data when the user accesses any of the one or more applications; and

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a comparator for comparing the confirmatory biometric data with the biometric identifying data, the central system being further configured for authenticating the user if the confirmatory biometric data matches a portion of the biometric identifying data.

7. The system of claim 6,

wherein the biometric identifying data is one of an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

8. The system of claim 6,

wherein the biometric identifying data includes an image, a fingerprint, a signature, and a voice, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

9. The system of claim 6,

wherein the central system is further configured to read a user device coupled to any of the one or more applications, and for detecting one or more multi-modal client features in the user device, wherein the one or more multi-modal client features define a first mode of biometric verification based on a first class of biometric data.

10. The system of claim 9,

wherein the biometric identifying data is at least in part composed from the first class of biometric data, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is composed from the first class of biometric data.

11. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for authenticating and verifying the identity of users accessing one or more applications, said computer program comprising a routine set of instructions for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

storing an identifying information of a user in a central system in communication with the one or more applications, the identifying information including a biometric identifying data;

prompting the user for a confirmatory biometric data when the user accesses any of the one or more applications;

comparing the confirmatory biometric data with the biometric identifying data stored in the central system; and

authenticating the user if the confirmatory biometric data matches a portion of the biometric identifying data

12. The method of claim 11,

wherein the biometric identifying data is an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

13. The method of claim 11,

wherein the biometric identifying data includes an image, a fingerprint, a signature, and a voice, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

14. The method of claim 11, further causing said machine to perform the steps of:

reading a user device; and

detecting one or more multi-modal client features in the user device, wherein the one or more multi-modal client features define a first mode of biometric verification based on a first class of biometric data.

15. The method of claim 14,

wherein the biometric identifying data is at least in part composed from the first class of biometric data, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is composed from the first class of biometric data.

16. A caller authentication and verification service for users of a plurality of applications, comprising:

a central system in communication with the plurality of applications and configured for storing an identifying information of a user, the identifying information including a biometric identifying data, the central system being further configured for prompting the user for a confirmatory biometric data when the user accesses any of the one or more applications, and for comparing the confirmatory biometric data with the biometric identifying data, and for authenticating the user if the confirmatory biometric data matches a portion of the biometric identifying data.

17. The service of claim 16,

wherein the biometric identifying data is an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

18. The service of claim 16,

wherein the biometric identifying data includes an image, a fingerprint, a signature, and a voice, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is an image, a fingerprint, a signature, or a voice.

19. The service of claim 16,

wherein the central system is further configured to read a user device coupled to any of the plurality of applications, and for detecting one or more multi-modal client features in the user device, wherein the one or more multi-modal client features define a first mode of biometric verification based on a first class of biometric data.

20. The service of claim 19,

wherein the biometric identifying data is at least in part composed from the first class of biometric data, and

wherein the confirmatory biometric data is composed from the first class of biometric data.