Method and apparatus for providing identification
First Claim
1. An identity checking method for verifying the identity of an individual including the steps of:
- a. capturing the individual'"'"'s initial biometric data at an initial time and storing it on a first database;
b. associating said initial biometric data with a unique description stored in said first database and encoded in an electronic document issued to the individual;
c. capturing contemporary biometric data and said unique description by remote sensing means at a point of departure of said individual;
d. interrogating said first database for said initial biometric data corresponding to said captured unique description;
e. comparing said contemporary biometric data with said corresponding initial biometric data;
f. making a decision on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (e);
g. forwarding data including said captured contemporary biometric data and unique description to a local database at a point of arrival of said individual;
h. capturing biometric data and said unique description of said individual by remote sensing at said point of arrival;
i. comparing the data of step (h) with the forwarded data of step (g);
j. making a decision on the basis of identity between the unique descriptions of steps (g) and (h) and the degree of correlation between the biometric data of steps (g) and (h);
k. interrogating said first database for the initial biometric data corresponding to the unique description captured in step (h);
l. comparing said arrival biometric data with said corresponding initial biometric data; and
m. making a decision on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (l), whereby passage through said point of arrival is conditioned upon the decision made in step (m).
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Abstract
A method of providing identification of an entity includes maintaining a database of identification data specific to the appearance and condition of entities, providing a unique description for each entity enabling access to the entity'"'"'s identification data in the database, providing identification means adapted for portage with the entity and containing the unique description and maintaining secondary databases containing the entity'"'"'s identification data as acquired from prior encounters so that multiple comparisons can be made to assure that the individual bearing the identification means is the same individual to whom the identification means were issued.
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46 Claims
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1. An identity checking method for verifying the identity of an individual including the steps of:
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a. capturing the individual'"'"'s initial biometric data at an initial time and storing it on a first database;
b. associating said initial biometric data with a unique description stored in said first database and encoded in an electronic document issued to the individual;
c. capturing contemporary biometric data and said unique description by remote sensing means at a point of departure of said individual;
d. interrogating said first database for said initial biometric data corresponding to said captured unique description;
e. comparing said contemporary biometric data with said corresponding initial biometric data;
f. making a decision on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (e);
g. forwarding data including said captured contemporary biometric data and unique description to a local database at a point of arrival of said individual;
h. capturing biometric data and said unique description of said individual by remote sensing at said point of arrival;
i. comparing the data of step (h) with the forwarded data of step (g);
j. making a decision on the basis of identity between the unique descriptions of steps (g) and (h) and the degree of correlation between the biometric data of steps (g) and (h);
k. interrogating said first database for the initial biometric data corresponding to the unique description captured in step (h);
l. comparing said arrival biometric data with said corresponding initial biometric data; and
m. making a decision on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (l), whereby passage through said point of arrival is conditioned upon the decision made in step (m). - View Dependent Claims (2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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3. A freight checking method for use in transport including the steps of:
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a. capturing initial identification data specific to the appearance and\or condition of a freightable article at an initial time and storing it in a first database;
b. associating said initial data with a unique description stored in said first database and encoded in an electronic tag issued to said article, said electronic tag being secured to said article and which must be damaged and rendered electronically inoperable by removal;
c. capturing contemporary identification data specific to said appearance and\or condition of said freightable article and said unique description by remote sensing means at a point of departure of said article;
d. interrogating said first database for initial data specific to said appearance and\or condition corresponding to and associated with said captured unique description;
e. comparing said contemporary data specific to said appearance and\or condition with said corresponding initial data specific to said appearance and\or condition;
f. making a decision on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (e);
g. forwarding data including said captured contemporary data specific to said appearance and\or condition and unique description to a local database at a point of arrival of said article;
h. capturing arrival data specific to said appearance and\or condition and said unique description of said article by remote sensing of said article'"'"'s electronic tag at said point of arrival;
i. comparing the data of step (h) with the forwarded data of step (g);
j. making a decision on the basis of identity between the unique descriptions of steps (g) and (h) and the degree of correlation between the data specific to said appearance and\or condition of steps (g) and (h);
k. interrogating said first database for the initial data specific to said appearance and\or condition corresponding to the unique description captured in step (h);
l. comparing said arrival data specific to said appearance and\or condition with said corresponding initial data specific to said appearance and\or condition; and
m. making a decision on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (l) whereby further travel of said article is conditioned upon the decision reached in step (m). - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 30, 31, 32, 34)
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6. An identity checking method including the steps of:
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a. capturing an individual'"'"'s initial biometric data and medical information at an initial time and storing it in a first database;
b. associating said captured data and information with a unique description stored in said first database;
c. encoding said captured data and said unique description in an electronic document issued to said individual;
d. capturing contemporary biometric data and said unique description by remote sensing means at a point of treatment of said individual;
e. interrogating said first database for said initial biometric data and medical information corresponding to said captured unique description;
f. comparing said contemporary biometric data with said corresponding initial biometric data; and
g. making a decision in respect of said medical information on the basis of the degree of correlation in step (e), whereby identity verification is conditioned upon the decision made in step (g). - View Dependent Claims (7)
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39. Apparatus for verifying identity of an entity comprising:
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a. an originating data base;
b. initial scanning means for obtaining biometric data and unique identifying data and for storing such data in said originating database;
c. document generating means connected to said originating database for creating, for each entity, a portable, remotely readable document with at least unique identifying data from the data stored in said originating database corresponding to the entity for whom the document was created;
d. comparison means at a travel point for comparing directly observed biometric and unique data with data retrieved from said document and with data from at least one other source selected from a group comprising said originating database, a “
last seen”
database, a watch list database and a travel authorization database; and
e. passage control means connected to said comparison means for determining future movement of the entity as a result of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of verifying identity of an entity comprising the steps of:
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a. initially scanning the entity to obtain biometric data and unique identifying data for storage in an originating database;
c. creating, for each entity, a portable, remotely readable document with at least unique identifying data from the data stored in said originating database corresponding to the entity for whom the document was created;
d. comparing, at a travel point, directly observed biometric and unique data with data retrieved from said document and with data from at least one other source selected from a group comprising said originating database, a “
last seen”
database, a watch list database and a travel authorization database; and
e. determining future movement of the entity as a result of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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