CREDENTIAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT ENGINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140002238A1
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Validity Sensors Incorporated (Synaptics Incorporated)
• Inventors: HATTERY, Larry E., TAVEAU, Sebastien Ludovic Jean, SCHWAB, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 9,589,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.53
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

An authentication risk management system and method are disclose which may comprise a biometric identification unit configured to sense biometric data from a user and produce an image of the sensed biometric data with a stored template associated with the user; and a biometric identification unit natural identification evaluation engine configured to provide a natural identification authentication score. The system and method may further comprise a credentials quality assessment engine (“CQAE”) configured to receive the natural identification authentication score and to provide a CQAE authentication score based one of the natural ID score and a combination of the natural ID score and a received computed authentication score. The CQAE may comprise at least a part of a user authentication profile engine.

Claims

1. An authentication risk management system comprising:

a biometric identification unit (54) configured to sense biometric data from a user and produce an image of the sensed biometric data to be compared with a stored template associated with the user;

a biometric identification unit natural identification evaluation engine (56) configured to provide a natural identification authentication score; and

a credentials quality assessment engine (“

CQAE”

) (14) configured to receive the natural identification authentication score and to provide a CQAE authentication score based one of the natural ID score and a combination of the natural ID score and a received computed authentication score.

2. The authentication risk management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the computed authentication score being produced by a computed authentication engine

3. The authentication risk management control system of claim 2 wherein the CQAE comprises at least a part of a user authentication profile engine.

4. The authentication risk management control system of claim 2 further comprising a risk profile engine configured to provide a risk profile score based on one of the natural ID score and a combination of one or more of the computed authentication score and a received device profile score.

5. The authentication risk management control system of claim 3 further comprising a risk profile engine configured to provide a risk profile score based on one of the natural ID score and a combination of one or more of the computed authentication score and a received device profile score.

6. The authentication risk management control system of claim 4 further comprising:

the risk profile engine in communication with an on-network portion of the authentication management control system.

7. The authentication risk management control system of claim 5 further comprising:

the risk profile engine in communication with an on-network portion of the authentication management control system.

8. The authentication risk management control system of claim 6 further comprising:

the risk profile engine in communication with an on-network portion of the authentication management control system.

9. The authentication risk management control system of claim 7 further comprising:

the on-network portion of the authentication management control system comprising a risk management engine.

10. The authentication risk management control system of claim 8 further comprising:

the on-network portion of the authentication management control system comprising a risk management engine.

11. An method of authentication risk management comprising:

producing biometric data from a user by sensing the biometric with a biometric identification unit, and producing an image of the sensed biometric from the biometric data and matching the image to a stored template associated with the user;

providing an authentication risk management natural identification authentication score using a biometric identification unit natural identification evaluation engine.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving the natural identification authentication score and providing a credentials quality assessment engine (“

CQAE”

) authentication score based one of the natural identification authentication score and a combination of the natural identification evaluation score and a received computed authentication score.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the CQAE comprises at least a part of a user authentication profile engine.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising providing a risk profile score, using a risk profile engine, based on one of the natural identification evaluation score and a combination of one or more of the computed authentication score and a received device profile score.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising providing a risk profile score, using a risk profile engine, based on one of the natural identification evaluation score and a combination of one or more of the computed authentication score and a received device profile score.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

communicating through the risk profile engine with an on-network third party risk assessment engine.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

communicating through the risk profile engine with an on-network third party risk assessment engine.

18. A tangible machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

producing biometric data from a user by sensing the biometric with a biometric identification unit, and producing an image of the sensed biometric from the biometric data and matching the image to a stored template associated with the user;

providing an authentication risk management natural identification authentication score using a biometric identification unit natural identification evaluation engine.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 19, the method further comprising:

receiving the natural identification authentication score in a credentials quality assessment engine (“

CQAE”

) and providing a CQAE authentication score based one of the natural ID score and a combination of the natural ID score and a received computed authentication score.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 19 wherein the CQAE comprises at least a part of a user authentication profile engine.