VALIDATING BIOMETRICS WITHOUT SPECIAL PURPOSE READERS
First Claim
1. A method of validating the identity of a user, comprising:
- receiving, via a network by a validation service provider from a validation app executing on a smartphone of a user, a smartphone image of a preexisting credential of the user including both a biometric of the user and a unique identifier associated with the preexisting user credential;
storing, by the validation service provider, the received smartphone image;
receiving, via the network by the validation service provider from a validation application executing on a network device of a registrar seeking to validate the user, the unique identifier associated with the preexisting user credential;
transmitting, via the network in response to receipt of the unique identifier associated with the preexisting user credential, a validation code from the validation service provider to one of or both (a) the user'"'"'s smartphone for display by the validation app executing on the user'"'"'s smartphone and (b) the registrar'"'"'s network device for display by the validation application executing on the registrar'"'"'s network device; and
receiving, via the network by the validation service provider from the validation application executing on the registrar'"'"'s network device, confirmation that a validation code displayed on the user'"'"'s smartphone is the transmitted validation, thereby confirming that the user has been validated by the registrar.
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Abstract
To validate a user'"'"'s identity a network validation server receives a smartphone image of a preexisting user credential, including both a user biometric and a unique identifier associated with the credential and stores them in a database. The validation server also receives the unique identifier from a registrar network device seeking to validate the user, and in response transmits a validation code to the user'"'"'s smartphone for display by the user'"'"'s smartphone and/or the registrar'"'"'s network device for display by the registrar'"'"'s network device. The validation server additionally receives confirmation from the registrar'"'"'s network device that a validation code displayed on the user'"'"'s smartphone is the transmitted validation, thereby confirming that the user has been validated by the registrar.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of validating the identity of a user, comprising:
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receiving, via a network by a validation service provider from a validation app executing on a smartphone of a user, a smartphone image of a preexisting credential of the user including both a biometric of the user and a unique identifier associated with the preexisting user credential; storing, by the validation service provider, the received smartphone image; receiving, via the network by the validation service provider from a validation application executing on a network device of a registrar seeking to validate the user, the unique identifier associated with the preexisting user credential; transmitting, via the network in response to receipt of the unique identifier associated with the preexisting user credential, a validation code from the validation service provider to one of or both (a) the user'"'"'s smartphone for display by the validation app executing on the user'"'"'s smartphone and (b) the registrar'"'"'s network device for display by the validation application executing on the registrar'"'"'s network device; and receiving, via the network by the validation service provider from the validation application executing on the registrar'"'"'s network device, confirmation that a validation code displayed on the user'"'"'s smartphone is the transmitted validation, thereby confirming that the user has been validated by the registrar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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