APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF AN AUTHOR AND A PERSON RECEIVING INFORMATION
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Apparatus for identifying a person who wishes to receive information, where identifying information for each of a plurality of registered individuals is stored in a database, calls for capturing images of an individual requesting information, and determining whether this individual is the same as one of the registered individuals. The stored identifying information includes images of a unique, observable biologic identifier on a body portion of each registered individual. The specificity of the identification process is enhanced by storing registered examples of altered biological information in the database, by allowing the information provider to induce an alteration in a biologic identifier of a requesting person at the time of the request, and by comparing the altered requesting person information to stored information. Further identification enhancement is obtained by rapidly altering the visual environment of the requesting person, and by providing the requested information to the retina of the requesting person.
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69 Claims
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1-46. -46. (canceled)
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47. A method for identifying the presence of a particular human, the method comprising:
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a) storing, in a database, a first digital file including (i) information representing plurality of registered images of an iris of an eye of a registered human, said images obtained coincident with a plurality of physiologic states of said iris, and (ii) alphanumeric information pertaining to said registered human; b) receiving, by a processor, a request to identify a putative human as the registered human; c) based on receiving the request, generating, by the processor, at least one prompt signal and providing said signal to a prompt producing device; d) receiving, by the prompt producing device, the prompt signal; e) in response to the received prompt signal, producing, by the prompt producing device, a prompt, and applying the prompt to the putative human, wherein the prompt induces a change in the physiologic state of an iris of an eye of the putative human; f) capturing, by a digital camera, a plurality of images of the iris of the putative human following the application of the prompt and providing a representation of said images to said processor; g) comparing, by the processor, (1) the information representing the images of the putative human iris with (2) the stored information representing the registered human iris, and determining a match between the stored information and the inputted information; and h) generating, by the processor, an output indicating a result of said comparing. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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