Security Clearance Card, System And Method Of Reading A Security Clearance Card

• US 20070119924A1
• Filed: 10/09/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digital Data Research Company
• Original Assignee: Digital Data Research Company
• Inventors: Camper, Frank, Register, Arthur
• Granted Patent: US 7,344,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/044 comprising galvanic contacts for contacting an integrated circuit chip thereon
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06046 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0719 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for application selection, e.g. an acceleration sensor or a set of radio buttons application selection on smart cards using pure software control, see G07F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

The security clearance card, system, and method include a card that stores data to verify the identity of an owner of the card. In addition to other types of information, the card stores biometric data of the owner and other identity data. Different portions of the data may be encrypted with different encryption techniques based upon a predetermined level of security assigned to the portions of the stored data. Reader elements are then capable of reading at least a portion of the encrypted data stored on the security clearance card, and receiving at least one biometric from an individual. The biometric stored in the card is then compared with the biometric of the individual presenting the security clearance card to verify that the holder of the card is the owner of the card.

Claims

1. A security clearance card for verifying the identity of the holder of the card comprising:

a substrate formed from a CD-ROM capable of storing data therein;

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a data storage medium located on a face of said substrate comprising at least data for verifying the identity of the holder of said card.

2. A security clearance, card according to claim 1, wherein said data storage medium is a bar code containing data for verifying the identity of the holder encoded therein.

3. A security clearance card according to claim 1, wherein said card comprises at least three types of data:

identity data, field data, and other data, wherein identity data is data used to verify the owner of said card, field data is data associated with the owner of said card, and other data is data of interest stored on said card and wherein said CD-ROM may include all three types of data stored therein and said data storage medium may include only identity and field data stored therein.

4. A security clearance card according to claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of data portions stored in the security clearance card, wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions comprises at least one biometric identifier of the owner of the security clearance card; and

a plurality of security levels, wherein each of said plurality of data portions is associated with one of said plurality of security levels.

5. A security clearance card according to claim 4 further comprising a log containing a record of at least one event related to creation of the security clearance card and modification of data on said security clearance card.

6. A security clearance card according to claim 4 further comprising a validity date corresponding to a date that the card becomes valid for use.

7. A security clearance card for verifying the identity of an owner of the security clearance card, wherein said security clearance card comprises:

a plurality of data portions stored in the security clearance cards wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions comprises at least one biometric identifier of the owner of the security clearance card; and

a plurality of security levels, wherein each of said plurality of data portions is associated with one of said plurality of security levels.

8. A security clearance card according to claim 7, further comprising a data storage medium located on the security clearance card, wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions is stored in said data storage medium.

9. A security clearance card according to claim 8, wherein said data storage medium is a bar code containing data portions encoded therein.

10. A security clearance card according to claim 7, further comprising a CD-ROM, wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions is stored in said CD-ROM.

11. A security clearance card according to claim 7, wherein said card comprises a CD-ROM having data portions stored herein and a data storage medium located on a face of said CD-ROM.

12. A security clearance card according to claim 7, wherein individual data of said plurality of data portions are categorized as one of identity data, and other data, wherein identity data is data used to verify the owner of said card, field data is data associated with the owner of said card, and other data is data of interest stored on said card.

13. A security clearance card according to claim 7, wherein said card comprises a CD-ROM having data portions stored therein and a data storage medium printed on a face of said CD-ROM, and wherein said data storage medium has stored therein at least one of the identity data and field data and said CD-ROM has stored therein at least one of identity data, field data, and other data.

14. A security clearance card according to claim 7, wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions comprises data associated with at least one of the owner and an object associated with the owner.

15. A security clearance card according to claim 7, wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions is encrypted using a selected encryption technique.

16. A security clearance card according to claim 15, wherein the encryption technique used to encrypt the data is based on the security level associated with the data.

17. A security clearance card according to claim 16, wherein a plurality of said data portions each associated with corresponding different security levels, and wherein each data portion is encrypted with an encryption technique based on the security level associated therewith.

18. A security clearance card according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of encryption techniques comprises a plurality of algorithms that are dynamically generated block cipher encryption algorithms.

19. A security clearance card according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of encryption techniques comprises an encryption technique based to the biometric identifier of the owner.

20. A security clearance card according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of encryption techniques comprises an encryption technique based on a creation date of the security clearance card.

21. A security clearance card according to claim 7, wherein at least one of said plurality of data portions comprises a data log containing a record of events related to the security clearance card.

22. A security clearance card according to claim 21, wherein said data log contains a record of modifications made to data portions stored on said card.

23. A security clearance card according to claim 21, wherein said data log contains a record relating to creation of the card.

24. A security clearance card according to claim 23, wherein said data log contains at least one of the date the card was created, location of where the card was created, and a biometric associated with personnel who created the card.