Method for improving false acceptance rate discriminating for biometric authentication systems
First Claim
1. A method for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, said method comprising:
- inputting from a user one or more biometric samples, selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more biometric samples, processing at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of processing units to at least provide said intermediate results, and arbitrating said intermediate results by a security token to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for improving error discrimination in biometric authentication systems. The error discrimination is set to a predetermined security policy. A plurality of biometric samples are provided and authenticated by a computer system in conjunction with a security token. An alternate embodiment allows inputting of the plurality of biometric samples in a predetermined sequence. The predetermined input sequence is maintained as an authentication secret which may be used to further reduce the authentication transaction error rate. A user may input one or more biometric samples, where a portion of the biometric samples are inputted in a predetermined sequence, selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of the biometric samples, processing at least a portion of the biometric samples by the selected set of processing units to provide intermediate results, verifying the predetermined sequence, and arbitrating the intermediate results to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy. Various embodiments provide for a security token to perform at least a portion of the processing or the arbitration function.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, said method comprising:
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inputting from a user one or more biometric samples, selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more biometric samples, processing at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of processing units to at least provide said intermediate results, and arbitrating said intermediate results by a security token to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for improving error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, said method comprising:
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inputting by a user one or more biometric samples, wherein at least a portion of said one or more biometric samples are inputted in a predetermined sequence, selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said one or more biometric samples, processing at least a portion of said one or more biometric samples by said selected set of processing units to at least provide said intermediate results, veriying said predetermined sequence, and arbitrating said intermediate results to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy, wherein at least a portion of said processing or said arbitrating is performed by a security token. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system comprising:
at least one computer system including;
one or more operatively coupled biometric input sections;
an operatively coupled security token and a plurality of biometric processing sections that;
receive one or more biometric samples inputted by a user via said one or more biometric input sections, select from among said plurality of biometric processing units, a set of biometric processing sections which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more of biometric samples, process at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of biometric processing sections to at least provide said intermediate results, and arbitrate said intermediate results to generate a final result which at least meets said predetermined security policy, wherein at least a portion of said arbitrate is performed by said security token. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for reducing error rates associated with biometric verification and identification systems comprising:
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at least one computer system including;
a first processor;
a security token operatively coupled to said first processor;
one or more biometric scanners coupled to said first processor;
a first memory operatively coupled to said first processor;
at least one biometric processing application operatively stored in at least a portion of said first memory;
said at least one biometric processing application having logical instructions executable by said first processor to;
receive one or more biometric samples inputted by a user via said one or more biometric scanners;
select from among a plurality of available biometric processing applications, a set of biometric processing applications which will generate intermediate results by processing said one or more biometric samples;
cause at least a portion of said one or more biometric samples to be processed by said selected set of biometric processing applications to at least provide said intermediate results, and cause said intermediate results to be arbitrated by said security token into a final result; and
said security token including;
a second processor;
a second memory;
at least one token biometric processing application operatively stored in a portion of said second memory having logical instructions executable by said second processor to arbitrate said final result from said intermediate results in accordance with a predetermined security policy; and
said predetermined security policy operatively stored in another portion of said second memory. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program product embodied in a tangible form readable by at least one processor having executable instructions stored thereon for causing said at least one processor to:
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receive one or more biometric samples inputted by a user via one or more biometric scanners;
select from among a plurality of available biometric processing applications, a set of biometric processing applications which will generate intermediate results by processing said one or more inputted biometric samples;
cause at least a portion of said one or more biometric samples to be processed by said selected set of processing applications to at least provide said intermediate results, and cause said intermediate results to be arbitrated by another processor into a final result. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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