IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150067890A1
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: BATALLER, Cyrille, Giordano, Giuseppe
• Granted Patent: US 9,619,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources

Abstract

The invention concerns a method of identification of a person to be identified, comprising: receiving, from an input device (106A to 106C), user input data of the person to be identified and location data indicating the location of the person to be identified; and identifying by a processing device, in a user database (108) storing a plurality of user records of registered users, each record comprising user reference data and historical location information of a registered user, a record of the person to be identified based on the user input data and the location data, wherein the historical location information of at least one of the registered users includes an association of time and location data provided by a user location device associated with the registered user.

Claims

1. A method of identification of a person to be identified, comprising:

receiving, from an input device, user input data of the person to be identified and first location data indicating the location of the person to be identified; and

identifying by a processing device, in a user database storing a plurality of user records of registered users, each record comprising user reference data and historical location information of a registered user, a record of said person to be identified based on said user input data and said first location data, wherein the historical location information of at least one of said registered users includes an association of time and second location data provided by a user location device associated with the registered user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said record is identified further based on said historical location information and said user reference data of at least some of said records.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said user input data and said user reference data each comprise:

a biometric sample;

or

a user identification number;

or

a user password or pin number;

or

any combination of the above.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said user input data is a biometric sample of the person to be identified, said user database is a biometric database, and said user reference data is a biometric reference sample.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first location data is a location associated with an authorization requesting module comprising said input device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said first location data indicates a geographical zone within which said authorization requesting module is located.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a record based on said user input data and said first location data comprises:

selecting a subset of said plurality of records based on a comparison between said first location data and said historical location information; and

applying a matching process to said selected subset.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said subset is selected based on the distance between the first location of the person to be identified and a second location indicated by the historical location information.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said subset is additionally selected based on the age of said historical location information.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to receiving said input biometric sample:

receiving, from a user location device associated with said person to be identified, second location information indicating the location of said user location device and an identifier of said person, and storing said second location information in said biometric database to provide said historical location information.

11. A method of making a financial transaction comprising:

identifying, according to the method of claim 1, a person making a financial transaction request; and

transmitting by said processing device an output signal authorizing said financial transaction.

12. An identification system comprising:

a user database storing a plurality of records of registered users, each record comprising user reference data and historical location information of a registered user, wherein said historical location information includes an association of time and second location data; and

a processing device adapted to;

receive, from a user location device associated with one of said registered users, time and second location data forming said historical location information of the registered user;

receive, from an input device, user input data of the person to be identified and first location data indicating the location of the person to be identified; and

identify a record of said person to be identified based on said user input data and on said first location data.

13. The identification system of claim 12, wherein said input device is a biometric capturing device, said user input data is an input biometric sample, and said user reference data is a reference biometric sample.

14. The identification system of claim 12, wherein said processing device is further adapted to transmit an output signal to:

a merchant payment terminal;

or

an entry system to a restricted area;

or

a border control gate;

or

a combination of any of the above.

15. The identification system of claim 12, further comprising at least one user location device associated with one of said registered users and adapted to provide said historical location data.