Reverse identity profiling system with alert function

• US 20070036395A1
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sheri Okun
• Original Assignee: Sheri Okun
• Inventors: Okun, Sheri
• Application Number:
  US11/203,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20070036395A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

The present invention is a universal biometric monitoring system designed to locate and track terrorists, criminals, and missing or displaced persons. Via various checkpoints and a plurality of identity verification or observation ports, defining identity characteristics or biometric data is transmitted to a system that cumulatively creates a database and identity related profiles. The uses of the system are three-fold. Data is retrieved and examined in order to: Find, isolate, and restrict wanted individuals; Locate missing children; Bring order and identity resolution to groups of individuals, most specifically individuals displaced resultant to disaster situations. The system is capable of retrieving, capturing, transmitting, analyzing, and otherwise examining biometric data, cumulatively building identity profiles, and has the ability to search, match, find, trace and track identities through this system as well as set off a multiplicity of alert outputs and alarms.

Claims

1. A reverse identity profiling system with alert function, the profiling system comprising:

(a) custom identity observation ports designed specifically to capture defining identity characteristics and/or biometric data of individuals at a multiplicity of locations, as a matter of procedure;

each having computer monitor(s), computer keyboard(s), hard drive, biometric identity intake devise(s), connecting means and bi-lateral communication means and methods to connect with a destination or central processing unit, a transmission means, a compression means, reformatting means, receiving means, and conversion means, whereby the data is transmitted directly or indirectly to a central processing unit;

(b) existing identity verifying type ports collecting electronically transmittable identity information, biometric or otherwise, for a plurality of other purposes such as credit card transactions, bank transactions, building entry, passage security, etcetera;

having data intake means, connecting means, and a transmission means;

(c) the transmission of defining identity characteristics and/or biometric data instantaneously from these various identity recognition checkpoints or ports and/or devises as well as from existing database systems for use with this system, whereby the data is transmitted directly or indirectly to a central processing unit,

(d) the central processing system comprising

a database of biometric data and defining identity characteristics,

software, systems and methods built-in which recognize, analyze and match biometric data and/or defining identity characteristics,

receiving means and method(s) by which the electronic biometric data and/or defining identity characteristic data is captured from existing identity apparatus or transmission devises, this system capable of receiving data in a multiplicity of formats, reformatting the data, converting data to the format(s) most useful to the system or facets of the system,

a connecting means to connect with the apparatus from which the data is sent,

a means to be in continuous bidirectional communication with some or all of the entry ports or devises, other devises, ports, databases and/or networks from which the data is sent and or other systems,

means and methods to read, interpret, receive and analyze incoming biometric data and defining identity characteristics live from any one or combination of identity verifying apparatus,

means and methods to continually and cumulatively build upon biometric data, create profiles and reverse identity determination,

means and methods to manually flag and/or enter advanced defining identity characteristic and/or biometric data under a restricted or wanted list within the system, with instructions preprogrammed,

means and method to manually enter wanted individuals or identity characteristics directly or indirectly into this system and code, categorize the same,

means and methods to trace and/or track the past and/or present location of certain defining identity characteristic(s) and/or biometric data and the day and time the biometric data was scanned on-site at the various locations,

means and methods to search the incoming data for a match with any biometric data or identity profiles in which have been manually entered on a wanted list,

means and methods to search the incoming data for overlaps and matches of incoming biometric data with biometric data currently in the system,

means and methods to add newly received biometric data and/or defining identity characteristics to the profile in which the data overlaps with or belongs to,

means and methods to search all facets of the system manually;

means and methods to automatically search continually for incoming data and/or matches and correlations,

means and methods to store and compress information and data,

means and methods to code data manually and automatically,

means and methods to match data manually and automatically,

means and methods to categorize data manually and automatically,

means and methods to trigger various portions of the system,

means and methods to receive data from entry ports instantaneously,

means and methods to receive data via downloads,

means and methods to direct and program various action items to occur via triggers manually or spontaneously inputted into the system,

means and methods to automatically and manually monitor, man and maintain the system, and trigger output functions,

a recognition system for operators and other individuals authorized to access or manipulate the system;

(e) an automatic alert output function and system, the system, method and apparatus comprised of

an interactive database of emergency contacts and transmittal means in order to transmit information from the main system, the central processing unit, to those contacts (from law enforcement and government to media),

method and means to set the system to activate individualized alarm systems and other technology-based proactive systems (based on each port'"'"'s nature and location),

means and methods to automatically trigger alarms,

means and method to key in preprogrammed data which when triggered will be immediately activated in the manner preprogrammed by the factor in which activated such trigger,

means and method to automatically trigger existing alarm systems and override and or direct functions via electronic signals,

means and method to trigger and activate all, or specific portions of specialized alarms, existing electronic signs, and various other systems in the event of a specific wanted identity match,

means and method to preprogram activities and output triggered by certain coded matches at the time of a scan transmittal and/or in the event of a manual system input,

means and method to trigger electronic events and communication, such as faxes, instant messages, phone calls and other wireless, Internet based, network based, and/or directly or indirectly linked communication processes based on coded matches,

means and method to output information and immediately signal match, to the operator at a mandatory port/and or other entities preprogrammed and/or coded in the system in the event of that type of or particular match,

means and method to interconnect, send, receive, and display information to/from air-traffic control, coast guard, homeland security, police precincts, 911 operators, airport personnel, and/or other entities preprogrammed and coded in the system,

means and method to manually enter wanted individuals or identity characteristics directly or indirectly into this system and code, categorize the same,

means and method to electronically disseminate information manually coded and/or categorized or freehand in alert situations to particular, categories of, specific, or all receiving entities linked to the system,

means and method to manually activate triggers,

a recognition system for operators and other individuals authorized to access or manipulate the system,

means and method to correlate the entire alarm function with all other aspects of the reverse identity profiling system;

(f) a process to find missing persons whereby

one or more defining identity characteristics or biometric data is entered into and/or exists in the database system,

the missing individual'"'"'s information is entered and activated under a its respective wanted category, and as such is preprogrammed to trigger spontaneous alert output in the event

the missing individual is scanned, entered and/or observed at any identity observation port which immediately transfers electronic defining identity characteristics matching one or more of the same in the database,

the alert output functions in the manner in which it was preprogrammed to function,

and the system is searchable allowing individuals, governmental organizations, philanthropic organizations, or those manning the matches on the system to recover missing loved ones;

(g) a process to find persons of wanted or restricted nature whereby

one or more defining identity characteristics or biometric data of the restricted and/or wanted individual is entered into or exists in a universal processing system,

the information is entered and activated under a category or subcategory that automatically searches the system internally and searches the intake sites or ports for defining identity characteristics and/or biometric data of the wanted or restricted person and as such is preprogrammed to trigger alert output and/or restrict access,

the wanted individual is scanned, entered and/or observed at any identity observation port which immediately transfers electronic defining identity characteristics matching one or more of the same in the database,

the alert output functions in the manner in which it was preprogrammed to function.

2. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby claim 1(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) are mutually exclusive with claim 1(a), thereby claim 1(a) may be used singularly or with any other system and claim 1(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) may be used together with or without any other system.

3. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby claim 1(a), (d), (e), (f) and (g) are mutually exclusive with claim 1(b) and claim 1(c), thus claim 1(b) and claim 1(c) may be used together with any other system, and claims 1(a), (d), (e), (f) and (g) may be used together exclusively or with any other system.

4. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby claim 1(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) are mutually exclusive with claim 1(d), thus claim 1(d) may be used singularly or with any other system, and claim 1(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) may be used with any other system.

5. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby claim 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) are mutually exclusive with claim 1(e), thus claim 1(e) may be used singularly or with any other system, and claim 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) may be used together, alone or with any other system.

6. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby claim 1(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) are mutually exclusive with claims 1(f) and 1(g), thus claim 1(f) and 1(g) may be with any other system, and claim 1(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) may be used together without the processes described in 1(f) and 1(g).

7. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1(c), whereby the alert function is used in conjunction with and/or may be integrated with various external systems including any alarm system or alert system, electronic transfer systems, electronic sign systems, air traffic control, AMBER Alert system, locking system and/or information relay system.

8. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, wherein the electronic defining identity characteristic and/or biometric data is fingerprint(s), iris, facial template, DNA, saliva and/or geometric hand data, retrieved with respective specialized devises to read such.

9. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, wherein the electronic defining identity characteristic and/or biometric data is a passport number, green card number, visa number, social security number, driver'"'"'s license number, bank account number, credit card number and/or member number, information of public record about an individual, the individual'"'"'s name, and/or physical descriptors of an individual, or any combination thereof.

10. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, wherein the electronic defining identity characteristic and/or biometric data is a handwriting sample, signature, photograph, streaming video, composite sketches, and/or voice recording, physical descriptors of an individual, retrieved with respective devises to intake such.

11. The reverse identity profiling system of claims 1, whereby the software and systems which analyze and match biometric data is any custom or existing technology or system designed to match the biometric data against a database or other system, including but not limited to those of facial recognition systems, fingerprint matching systems, iris evaluation and matching systems, voice recognition systems, handwriting analysis systems or any combination thereof.

12. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby the data is received directly or indirectly from an automated bank machine or credit processor, from a bar code reader, access or smart card reader, keyboard and/or scanner.

13. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1, whereby the data is received directly or indirectly from an alarm system, building access code, password, passcode, and/or electronic key or token.

14. A reverse identity profiling system, the profiling system comprising a system whereby missing children and/or panicked individuals may activate any one or more of various devises designed specifically to aid missing children and/or individuals in emergency situations, that instantaneously convey the child'"'"'s (or other individual'"'"'s) identity, or portions of the identity that have been previously entered into an identity profiling and/or verification system comprising a

(a) devise with panic feature installed in conjunction with one or more identity recognition devises,

(b) panic feature linked to an alarm and/or alert system,

(c) identity recognition devise with panic activation having means and methods to obtain, retrieve, receive and transmit the biometric data,

(d) biometric data and panic signal are transmitted to respective destinations via network, wireless transmission, the Internet or any other direct or indirect communication link,

(f) panic button activation signals multiplicity of entities including local law enforcement via direct links and or systems such as those described in claim 1(e) of the present invention,

(g) panic button creates an immediate alert function and the system may be used in conjunction with that in claim 1(e),

(b) which when activated via the panic button, immediately alerts the system and/or authorities via preprogrammed data,

(e) biometric data is immediately analyzed by central processing unit for a match with wanted identity including and especially the wanted identity characteristics and/or biometric data of those in the missing child category,

(f) the biometric data may or may not be used in conjunction with the system in claim 1, but shall be used in conjunction with some universal database in order to be most effective.

15. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the devise is used with or built into any bank machine or credit processing devise.

16. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the devise is used with or built into any computer keyboard.

17. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the devise is used with or built into any help-phone or emergency phone on the street or highway, parking lot and/or other publicly accessible place.

18. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the devise is any devise containing a panic button of sorts and identity recognition devise which may be used conjunction with one another and may transmit location information and defining identity characteristics and/or biometric data to source(s) for emergency contact and/or evaluation.

19. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the devise is used in conjunction with, supplements and/or is built into any devise or alarm system with biometric identity capabilities whereby the system may be been manipulated to function bilaterally.

20. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, wherein the electronic defining identity characteristic and/or biometric data and related devise component is any one or combination of those listed in of claims 8, 9 and 10.

21. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the identity observation or verification devise component is any one or combination of devises noted in claims 11, 12, and 13.

22. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 14, whereby the system may be combined with any one or more of those of claim 1,2,3,4,5,6, and/or 7.

23. The reverse identity profiling system of claim 1,2,3,4,5,6, and/or 7, whereby the system aids in bringing identity related order to any group environment, specific or global, small or large and most specifically those groups of individuals displaced by disaster or nomadic type situations.