Method and apparatus for secure authorization and identification using biometrics without privacy invasion
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1. A method of authenticating a subject, comprising:
- using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for authentication without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data, by accomplishing said authentication without any of said one or plurality of biometric measurements being accessible in any form to any external device or external party, said biometric data being encrypted.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for authenticating (or identifying) a subject, includes using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for authentication (or identification) without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data with a party requesting authentication.
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50 Claims
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1. A method of authenticating a subject, comprising:
using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for authentication without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data, by accomplishing said authentication without any of said one or plurality of biometric measurements being accessible in any form to any external device or external party, said biometric data being encrypted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of authenticating a subject, comprising:
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using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for authentication without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data, by accomplishing said authentication without any of said one or plurality of biometric measurements being accessible in any form to any external device or external party; and generating at least one of a password and another authentication procedure based on biometric authentication locally under the subject'"'"'s control. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of authenticating a subject, comprising:
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using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for authentication without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data, by accomplishing said authentication without any of said one or plurality of biometric measurements being accessible in any form to any external device or external party; and generating at least one of a password and another authentication procedure based on at least one biometric feature extracted locally under the subject'"'"'s control. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method of authenticating a characteristic of a subject, without compromising privacy of the subject, said method comprising:
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using at least one of a plurality of authentication methods including personal information of the subject, a biometric of the subject, a password, a personal identification number (PIN) and a secured component; and simultaneously with said using, said subject maintaining confidentiality of authentication information by withholding access of said authentication information from any external device or external party, wherein said withholding access further includes an encryption of data stored that represents said biometric. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of authenticating a characteristic of a subject, without compromising privacy of the subject, said method comprising:
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using at least one of a plurality of authentication methods including personal information of the subject, a biometric of the subject, a password, a personal identification number (PIN) and a secured component; simultaneously with said using, said subject maintaining confidentiality of authentication information by withholding access of said authentication information from any external device or external party; and generating at least one of a password and another authentication procedure based on authentication locally under the subject'"'"'s control. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for secure authentication of a subject, said method comprising:
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selectively requesting any of a password and a knowledge-based information from said subject; and simultaneously with said selectively requesting, interrogating biometric information of the subject, said biometric information being carried by said subject and being maintained inaccessible by any external device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for secure authentication, without compromising privacy of a subject, said apparatus comprising:
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a reader, associated with the subject, for reading a specified biometric of said subject; and a password generator for producing a password needed, based on said biometric, wherein said biometric is maintained as being inaccessible to any external device. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. An apparatus for secure authentication, said apparatus comprising:
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means, associated with a subject, for reading a specified biometric of said subject; and means for producing a password needed based on said biometric, without providing access to said biometric by any external device or by anyone other than said subject. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method of identifying a subject, said method comprising:
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using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for identification without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data by maintaining said biometric data as inaccessible to any external device, wherein said maintaining as inaccessible includes an encryption of said one or said plurality of biometric measurements before being stored as said biometric data.
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41. A method of identifying a subject, said method comprising:
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using one or a plurality of biometric measurements for identification without any sharing of the subject'"'"'s biometric data by maintaining said biometric data as inaccessible to any external device, wherein a the subject'"'"'s identity is determined locally, under the subject'"'"'s control, by having the subject provide at least one of a user ID and by biometric identification of the subject among enrolled authorized subjects, and wherein said identification produces a set of N best matches for N subsets, and an index formed by concatenation of the N indices uniquely identifies the subject.
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42. A method for identification of a subject, said method comprising:
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selectively requesting any of a password and a knowledge-based information from said subject; and simultaneously with said selectively requesting, interrogating biometric information of the subject, said biometric information being carried by said subject and being maintained as inaccessible by any external device. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. An apparatus for identification of a subject, said apparatus comprising:
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a reader, associated with the subject, for reading a specified biometric of said subject; and a password generator for producing a password needed, based on said biometric, wherein said biometric is maintained inaccessible by any external device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An apparatus comprising:
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at least two sensors to obtain at least two forms of biometric data, each said biometric data form respectively providing an identification metric that uniquely identifies an individual; a non volatile memory to store biometric data from said at least two sensors during an initiation stage; and a comparator to compare said biometric data stored in said non volatile memory with a biometric data obtained by said at least two sensors during an authentication stage, wherein said at least two sensors, said non volatile memory, and said comparator are all located on a same device.
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