System and Method for Credential Authentication

• US 20140363057A1
• Filed: 05/20/2014
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Morphotrust USA Incorporated (Advent International Corporation)
• Inventors: Eckel, Robert Andrew, Saravanan, Thiagarajan
• Granted Patent: US 9,481,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/116
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/23 Identity cards
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/24 Passports
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0021 Image watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/413 Classification of content, e.g. text, photographs or tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/418 Document matching, e.g. of document images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification

Abstract

Some implementations provide a machine-assisted method for screening a person, the method including: receiving, at a scanning device, an identification document presented by the person, the identification document showing a machine-readable code that encodes personally identifiable information of the person, a biometric of the person, and printed information; scanning the machine-readable code on the identification document to extract personally identifiable information of the person; comparing the extracted personally identifiable information against records stored at a database; determining that the extracted personal identifiable information matches a record stored at the database; receiving data encoding the biometric of the person on the identification document for comparison with the person presenting the identification document; receiving a determination that the biometric from the identification document identifies the person presenting the identification document; and determining whether the identification document is digitally watermarked to identify payload data.

Claims

1. A machine-assisted method for screening a person, the method comprising:

receiving, at a scanning device, an identification document presented by the person, the identification document showing a machine-readable code that encodes personally identifiable information of the person, a biometric of the person, and printed information;

scanning the machine-readable code on the identification document to extract personally identifiable information of the person;

comparing the extracted personally identifiable information against records stored at a database;

determining that the extracted personal identifiable information matches a record stored at the database;

receiving data encoding the biometric of the person on the identification document for comparison with the person presenting the identification document;

receiving a determination that the biometric on the identification document identifies the person presenting the identification document; and

determining whether the identification document is digitally watermarked to identifying payload data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the identification determining is digitally watermarked, retrieving the payload data from the digitally watermarked identification document; and

determining a first correlation level between the retrieved payload data and the extracted personally identifiable information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the first correlation level has reached a first threshold level; and

confirming, in response to determining that the first correlation level has reached a first threshold level, whether the identification document was issued in compliance with a federally mandated issuance process.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

scanning the identification document to obtain printed information based on an optical character recognition process; and

determining a second correlation level between the printed information obtained from the identification document and the extracted personally identifiable information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining that the second correlation level has reached a second threshold level prior to confirming whether the identification document was issued in compliance with a federally mandated issuance process.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a confirmation that the identification document was issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process; and

sending, based on the received confirmation that the identification document was issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process, instructions to an administrator to expedite the screening of the person.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a confirmation that the identification card was not issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process; and

sending, based on the confirmation that the identification document was not issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process, instructions to verify an immigration status of the person.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a confirmation that the identification card was not issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process; and

sending, based on the confirmation that the identification document was not issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process, instructions to verify a social security number of the person.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an identification document comprises receiving a driver'"'"'s license of the person.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an identification document comprises receiving a passport of the person.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the scanning device, a biometric of the person presenting the identification document, the biometric taken from the person; and

automatically comparing the biometric on the identification document with the received biometric of the person.

12. A computer system for screening a person, the computer system comprising:

a scanner configured to;

receive an identification document presented by the person, the identification document showing a machine-readable code encoding personally identifiable information of the person, a biometric of the person, and printed information;

scan the machine-readable code on the identification document to extract personally identifiable information of the person; and

receive data encoding the biometric of the person on the identification document for comparison with the person presenting the identification document; and

at least one processor coupled to the scanner and configured to;

compare the extracted personally identifiable information against records stored at a database;

determine whether the extracted personal identifiable information matches a record stored at the database;

receive a determination that the biometric from the identification document identifies the person presenting the identification document; and

determine whether the identification document is digitally watermarked to identify payload data.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in response to determining that the identification determining is digitally watermarked, retrieve the payload data from the digitally watermarked identification document; and

determine a first correlation level between the retrieved payload data and the extracted personally identifiable information.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine that the first correlation level has reached a first threshold level; and

confirm, in response to determining that the first correlation level has reached a first threshold level, whether the identification document was issued in compliance with a federally mandated issuance process.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the scanner is further configured to:

scan the identification document to obtain printed information based on an optical character recognition process.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a second correlation level between the scanned printed information and the extracted personally identifiable information.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine that the second correlation level has reached a second threshold level prior to confirming whether the identification document was issued through a process in compliance with a federally mandated issuance process.

18. The computer system of claim 14, further comprising:

a display in communication with the at least one processor and configured to display information to an administrator in charge of screening the person;

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

receive a confirmation that the identification document was issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process,

send instructions to the display for the administer to direct the person for expedited screening.

19. The computer system of claim 14, further comprising:

a display in communication with the at least one processor and configured to display information to an administrator in charge of screening the person;

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

receive a confirmation that the identification document was not issued in compliance with the federally mandated issuance process; and

send instructions to the display for the administrator to verify an immigration status of the person.

20. The computer system of claim 14, further comprising:

a display in communication with the at least one processor and configured to display information to an administrator in charge of screening the person;

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

receive a confirmation that the identification document was not issued in compliance with the federal mandate; and

send instructions to the display for the administer to verify a social security number of the person.

21. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the scanner is further configured to receive a driver'"'"'s license of the person.

22. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the scanner is further configured to receive a passport of the person.

23. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the computer system further comprises a camera to capture a photo image of the person presenting the identification document, wherein the camera is in communication with the at least one processor, and wherein the biometric is a facial biometric.

24. The computer system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to compare the scanned biometric from the identification document with the captured photo image of the person.

25. The computer system of claim 23, wherein the scanner further comprises:

a platen on which to place the identification document presented by the person; and

at least one scanning camera adapted to simultaneously scan the machine-readable code and the biometric from the identification document placed on the platen.

26. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the at least one scanning camera is further configured to scan printed information from the identification document.

27. A personal routing system, comprising at least one processor configured to:

receive personally identifiable information of the person extracted by scanning a machine-readable code from an identification document presented by a person;

compare the extracted personally identifiable information against records stored at a database;

determine that the extracted personal identifiable information matches a record stored at the database;

receive data encoding a biometric on the identification document for comparison with the person presenting the identification document;

receive a determination that the scanned biometric identifies the person presenting the identification document; and

determine whether the identification document is digitally watermarked to identify payload data.

28. A computer-readable medium comprising software instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the operations of:

receiving personally identifiable information of the person extracted by scanning a machine-readable code from an identification document presented by a person;

comparing the extracted personally identifiable information against records stored at a database;

determining that the extracted personal identifiable information matches a record stored at the database;

receiving data encoding a biometric on the identification document for comparison with the person presenting the identification document;

receiving a determination that the scanned biometric identifies the person presenting the identification document; and

determining whether the identification document is digitally watermarked to identify payload data.