System and method for reducing healthcare fraud using biometric technology
First Claim
1. A method of using an integrated intelligent finger scanner for reducing fraud in a healthcare program intended to exclusively benefit eligible individuals, the intelligent integrated finger scanner including a finger scanner for acquiring the image of a finger, and data processing means for encoding the acquired image into biometric candidate data and for comparing the biometric candidate data with other data, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving, from a service seeker, memory means containing stored information comprising biometric reference data of an eligible individual;
(b) reading, with a POS terminal having a memory means reader, the stored biometric reference data of the eligible individual from the memory means;
(c) transmitting the read biometric reference data from the POS terminal to the integrated intelligent finger scanner operably connected to the POS terminal;
(d) scanning, with the integrated intelligent finger scanner, a finger of the service seeker, so as to produce finger scan data;
(e) processing the produced finger scan data to create biometric candidate data;
(f) comparing the read biometric reference data with the created biometric candidate data;
(g) ascertaining the degree of correspondence between the read biometric reference data and the created biometric candidate data; and
(h) deciding whether the service seeker is the eligible individual based upon the degree of correspondence between the read biometric reference data and the created biometric candidate data.
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Abstract
An integrated intelligent finger scanner is used for reducing fraud in a healthcare program intended to exclusively benefit eligible individuals. The scanner has a finger scanner for acquiring the image of a finger, and data processing means for encoding the acquired image into biometric candidate data and for comparing the biometric candidate data with other data. The method includes: (a) receiving, from a service seeker, memory means containing stored information comprising biometric reference data of an eligible individual; (b) reading, with a POS terminal having a memory means reader, the stored biometric reference data of the eligible individual from the memory means; (c) transmitting the read biometric reference data from the POS terminal to the integrated intelligent finger scanner operably connected to the POS terminal; (d) scanning, with the integrated intelligent finger scanner, a finger of the service seeker, so as to produce finger scan data; (e) processing the produced finger scan data to create biometric candidate data; (f) comparing the read biometric reference data with the created biometric candidate data; (g) ascertaining the degree of correspondence between the read biometric reference data and the created biometric candidate data; and (h) deciding whether the service seeker is the eligible individual based upon the degree of correspondence between the read biometric reference data and the created biometric candidate data.
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1. A method of using an integrated intelligent finger scanner for reducing fraud in a healthcare program intended to exclusively benefit eligible individuals, the intelligent integrated finger scanner including a finger scanner for acquiring the image of a finger, and data processing means for encoding the acquired image into biometric candidate data and for comparing the biometric candidate data with other data, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving, from a service seeker, memory means containing stored information comprising biometric reference data of an eligible individual;
(b) reading, with a POS terminal having a memory means reader, the stored biometric reference data of the eligible individual from the memory means;
(c) transmitting the read biometric reference data from the POS terminal to the integrated intelligent finger scanner operably connected to the POS terminal;
(d) scanning, with the integrated intelligent finger scanner, a finger of the service seeker, so as to produce finger scan data;
(e) processing the produced finger scan data to create biometric candidate data;
(f) comparing the read biometric reference data with the created biometric candidate data;
(g) ascertaining the degree of correspondence between the read biometric reference data and the created biometric candidate data; and
(h) deciding whether the service seeker is the eligible individual based upon the degree of correspondence between the read biometric reference data and the created biometric candidate data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- (a) receiving, from a service seeker, memory means containing stored information comprising biometric reference data of an eligible individual;
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