Systems and Methods for Person's Verification Using Portrait Photographs Taken by a Verifier-Controlled Digital Camera
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a requester with a computer-readable program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera, wherein said computer-readable program controls said digital photo camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, andb) transmitting from said remote computer to a server computer a portrait photograph of said requester, taken with said digital photo camera on said digital remote computer, wherein said transmitting is achieved by a first computer-readable code on said server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention envisions providing requester with a computer program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera. The computer program controls the camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with the camera. The unaltered image of a portrait photograph of the requester is transmitted from the remote computer to the verifier'"'"'s server computer. The image of the portrait photograph of the requester may further be used to verify the requester by comparing the image to the photographs from other sources.
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a requester with a computer-readable program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera, wherein said computer-readable program controls said digital photo camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, and b) transmitting from said remote computer to a server computer a portrait photograph of said requester, taken with said digital photo camera on said digital remote computer, wherein said transmitting is achieved by a first computer-readable code on said server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network.
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2. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a requester with a computer-readable program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera, wherein said computer-readable program controls said digital photo camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, b) collecting a personal information from said requester via said computer-readable program for said remote computer or via a web-based graphical user interface, c) transmitting from said remote computer to a server computer a portrait photograph of said requester, taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, wherein said transmitting is achieved by a first computer-readable code on said server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, d) obtaining one or more images from one or more computer network information sources, wherein said one or more images are selected from a plurality of all images in said one or more computer network information sources as a function of said personal information, e) comparing said portrait photograph of said requester with said one or more images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources using a predetermined algorithm, and f) calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said portrait photograph of said requester and said one or more images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources depict the same person. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a) means for providing a requester with a computer-readable program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera, wherein said computer-readable program controls said digital photo camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, and b) means for transmitting from said remote computer to a server computer a portrait photograph of said requester, taken with said digital photo camera on said digital remote computer, wherein transmitting is achieved by a first computer-readable code on said server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network.
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16. A system, comprising:
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a) means for providing a requester with a computer-readable program for a remote computer equipped with a digital photo camera, wherein said computer-readable program controls said digital photo camera and prevents alterations to an image taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, b) means for collecting a personal information from said requester via said computer-readable program for said remote computer or via a web-based graphical user interface, c) means for transmitting from said remote computer to a server computer a portrait photograph of said requester, taken with said digital photo camera on said remote computer, wherein transmitting is achieved by a first computer-readable code on said server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, d) means for obtaining one or more images from one or more computer network information sources, wherein said one or more images are selected from a plurality of all images in said one or more computer network information sources as a function of said personal information, e) means for comparing said portrait photograph of said requester with said one or more images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources using a predetermined algorithm, and f) means for calculating a statistical rating of a likelihood that said portrait photograph of said requester and said one or more images obtained from said one or more computer network information sources depict the same person. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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