SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL WORLD BIOMETRIC ANALYTICS THROUGH THE USE OF A MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC ANALYTIC WALLET

• US 20130205138A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terrace Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BAUGHMAN, Aaron K., DAWSON, Christopher J., GRAHAM, Barry M., KAMALSKY, David J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,147,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

Abstract

A system and method for real world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal analytic wallet. The system includes a biometric wallet comprising a pervasive repository for storing biometric data, the pervasive repository including at least one of a biometric layer, a genomic layer, a health layer, a privacy layer, and a processing layer. The biometric wallet further comprises a biometric analytic interface configured to communicate the biometric data to one or more devices.

Claims

1. A biometric wallet comprising:

a pervasive repository embodied as a storage unit for storing biometric data, the pervasive repository including at least one of a biometric layer, a genomic layer, a health layer, a privacy layer, and a processing layer; and

a biometric analytic interface configured to communicate the biometric data to one or more devices and notify a user which acquisition devices attempt to obtain information about the user.

2. The biometric wallet of claim 1, wherein the biometric layer includes physiological biometric data, behavioral biometric data, and cognitive biometric data.

3. The biometric wallet of claim 1, wherein the processing layer is configured to process locational data and environmental data.

4. The biometric wallet of claim 1, wherein the biometric analytic interface provides mechanisms for parallel acquisition and processing.

5. The biometric wallet of claim 1, wherein the biometric analytic interface includes a privacy policy.

6. The biometric wallet of claim 1, wherein the biometric analytic interface is configured to synch the pervasive repository to a central repository, and the central repository applies one or more algorithms to the biometric data.

7. The biometric wallet of claim 1, wherein the privacy layer is configured to distort one or more biometric features before authenticating the user, and the processing layer is configured to periodically compare the user'"'"'s biometric data to the biometric data stored in the biometric wallet.

8. A computer implemented method for using biometric data comprising:

accessing biometric data via an acquisition device;

processing the biometric data;

storing the biometric data in a biometric wallet;

communicating the biometric data to one or more devices via a biometric analytic interface; and

verifying that the biometric data in the biometric wallet is from a user in possession of the biometric wallet, wherein the verifying is performed when the biometric wallet exceeds a predefined distance from the user.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the steps of claim 8 are offered by a service provider based on one of a fee and subscription basis.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein a service provider at least one of supports, deploys, maintains, and creates a computer infrastructure that performs the steps of claim 8.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the verifying is performed after a predefined period of time has elapsed.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the acquisition device comprises one or more interfaces, and further comprising:

accessing the biometric data via the acquisition device, the biometric data including physiological biometric data, behavioral biometric data, and cognitive biometric data;

obtaining permission from a user to access the biometric data;

processing the biometric data;

storing the biometric data in a pervasive repository of a biometric wallet; and

communicating the biometric data to the one or more devices via the biometric analytic interface.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

checking a user defined privacy policy;

obtaining the biometric data from a user;

wherein;

the biometric wallet comprises a pervasive repository includes a privacy layer comprising secure socket layers to protect the user'"'"'s biometric data from at least one of public interception and packet snooping, and a processing layer which verifies that the biometric data in the pervasive repository is from a user in possession of the pervasive repository when the pervasive repository exceeds a predefined distance from the user; and

the biometric analytic interface is configured to notify a user which acquisition devices attempt to obtain information about the user.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 13, wherein the pervasive repository further includes one or more of a biometric layer, a genomic layer, a health layer, and a processing layer.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 13, wherein the biometric data includes at least one of physiological biometric data, behavioral biometric data, and cognitive biometric data.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 13, wherein the biometric data is obtained via one or more sensors.

17. A computer program product comprising tangible computer-usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the tangible computer-usable storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:

sense biometric data comprising at least one of physiological biometric data, behavioral biometric data, and cognitive biometric data; and

store the biometric data in a pervasive repository having a privacy layer and a processing layer, in addition to at least one of a biometric layer, a genomic layer, and a health layer, wherein;

the processing layer verifies that the biometric data in the pervasive repository is from a user in possession of the pervasive repository when the pervasive repository exceeds a predefined distance from the user; and

the privacy layer distorts one or more biometric features before authenticating the user.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising at least one component operable to communicate the biometric data to one or more devices via a biometric analytic interface, wherein the biometric analytic interface is configured to synch the pervasive repository to a central repository.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising at least one component operable to:

check a user defined privacy policy;

obtain the biometric data comprising at least one of the physiological biometric data, the behavioral biometric data, and the cognitive biometric data;

store the biometric data in the pervasive repository having at least one of the biometric layer, the genomic layer, the health layer, the privacy layer, and the processing layer; and

communicate the biometric data to one or more devices via a biometric analytic interface.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein:

the at least one component is further operable to provide verification which comprises periodically comparing the user'"'"'s biometric information to the biometric information stored in the biometric wallet; and

the privacy layer includes keystores, which provide certificates signed by certificate authorities for a public key infrastructure.