Accelerating biometric login procedures
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1. A method for authenticating a user to a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a set of biometric authentication credentials;
receiving a biometric authentication credential attributed to the user;
comparing the received user biometric authentication credential to a subset of the set of valid biometric authentication credentials; and
requesting the user to provide an additional authentication credential if the received user biometric authentication credential does not match any of the valid authentication credentials in the subset.
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Abstract
User authentication requests to computer systems are accelerated by selectively comparing user-provided biometric authentication credentials to a subset of credentials. If the user-supplied credential is not recognized, an alternate form of authentication is requested. Valid login events are used to update the subset such that subsequent authentication requests are handled in an expedited manner.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for authenticating a user to a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a set of biometric authentication credentials;
receiving a biometric authentication credential attributed to the user;
comparing the received user biometric authentication credential to a subset of the set of valid biometric authentication credentials; and
requesting the user to provide an additional authentication credential if the received user biometric authentication credential does not match any of the valid authentication credentials in the subset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for authenticating a user to a secure computer system, the system comprising:
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a data storage module for storing a set of biometric authentication credentials;
a receiver for receiving a biometric authentication credential attributed to the user; and
an authentication module for;
comparing the received user biometric authentication credential to a subset of the biometric authentication credentials; and
requesting the user to provide one or more additional authentication credentials if the received user biometric authentication credential does not match any of the authentication credentials in the subset. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for authenticating a user to a secure computer system, the system being responsive to a biometric capture device and a server, and comprising an authentication agent residing on a computer in communication with a secure computer system, the agent being configured to:
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receive one or more biometric authentication credentials from the capture device;
receive from the server a subset of a set of biometric authentication credentials representing users of the secure computer system;
compare the received biometric authentication credential to the subset; and
request the user to provide one or more additional authentication credentials if the received biometric authentication credential does not match any of the authentication credentials in the subset. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An article of manufacture having computer-readable program portions embodied thereon for authenticating users to a secure computer system, the article comprising computer-readable instructions for:
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receiving one or more biometric authentication credentials from a biometric capture device;
receiving, from a server, a subset of a set of biometric authentication credentials representing users of the secure computer system;
comparing the received biometric authentication credential to a subset of the biometric authentication credentials; and
requesting the user to provide one or more additional authentication credentials if the received biometric authentication credential does not match any of the authentication credentials in the subset. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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