Method for user verification and authentication and multimedia processing for interactive database management and method for viewing the multimedia

• US 7,162,475 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2003
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Internet Biometric Security Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Internet Biometric Security Systems LLC
• Inventors: Ackerman, David M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Leslie
• Application Number:
  US10/417,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20030200217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,364 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/4, 707/9, 707/10, 707/102, 707/104.1, 709/203, 709/219, 709/204, 713/186, 713/202, 382/115, 382/117, 382/118
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A method for verifying specific profile, legal, and social preference data responses for generating a selectively approved membership database. Membership security is completed with a biometric security authentication of each member upon member logon. A media player is used for recording and delivering video on demand; live video broadcast communications, and video/audio relational database management as well as searching the database for Digital video and audio content defined by indexed unique hint track data. Live video conferencing is available utilizing bandwidth scheduling methods for quality video control and creating audit logs for member accountability and content control.

Claims

1. A method for uniting members of a selective databse through a global computer information network, comprising the steps of:

transmitting personal information of a potential member from a first processing unit through said network to a second processing unit;

verifying said personal information;

if verified, allowing said potential member to become a member;

collecting raw data from said first processing unit;

processing said raw data on said second processing unit to identify and create biometric identifiers, including an authenticating biometric file, from said raw data to create a member profile, which includes the processed raw data;

creating a database searchable by said biometric identifiers;

during log-in, authenticating said member by comparing data captured at log-in with the authenticating biometric file;

if authenticated, allowing said member to search said database;

transmitting requests for a virtual meeting from a first member to a second member; and

determining a time for said first member and said second member to conduct said virtual meeting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said verifying step includes the step of connecting to a third party data processing unit to determine veracity of said personal information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said verifying step determines veracity by comparing said personal information with said information from said third party.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

assigning a predetermined value to said information from said third party;

summing the predetermined values assigned to said information; and

granting membership status when the sum of the information is at a certain level.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer biometrically authenticates the member by comparing unique color identification and/or unique object and shape characteristic comparisons with the authenticating biometric file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the biometric identifiers identify the member'"'"'s physical characteristics.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the authenticating step determines at least one of a file size, sound frequency, decibel level patterns, or time scale speed durations of a biometric input of the member upon log-in and the member is granted access if it is determined that at least one, or any combination, of the file sizes, sound frequencies, decibel level patterns, or time scale speech durations of the member'"'"'s biometric input and biometric identifier substantially match.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of creating a database searchable by biometric information further comprises the steps of:

identifying biometric identifiers in said raw data; and

tagging the biometric identifiers in said raw data.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of performing at least one of non-linear editing, blue screening, audio and video corrections and watermark finishing.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of periodically updating the authenticating biometric identifier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the allowing said members to search through said database step further comprises the step of searching said database for other members'"'"'biometric information and returning a list of multimedia previously biometrically tagged with said biometric identifiers to said searching member.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of outputting a confirmation and password to said first and second members of the date and time to begin the virtual meeting.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of transmitting a first request time and a second request time to the second member and transmitting a confirmation and password to both members after the second member has chosen one of the first or second request times.

5. The method of calim 1, wherein the user inputs a credit card number the inputting personal information step and the verifying step verifies the user'"'"'s credit card number with a credit card number obtained from the third party.

15. A method for identifying a member of a selective database through biometric authentication comprising the steps of:

transmitting raw data from a first processing unit to a second processing unit;

extracting from said raw data at least one video, photography, or audio track;

processing said raw data on said second processing unit to identify and tag said raw data for identifying member characteristics and to create an authenticating biometric identifier, wherein said tagged raw data is used to create a member profile, which is searchable by other members; and

granting access to a database when a biometric input at log-in from the member substantially matches the authenticating biometric identifier created from said raw data.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of creating an audit log comprised of a digital signature and a member'"'"'s biometric authentication file created at substantially the same time as the digital signature.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the biometric identifiers comprise tagged raw data for identifying member characteristics, wherein the member profile is stored on a database, which is searchable by the tagged raw data.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the audit log is created after the member has been authenticated at log in.

19. A method for uniting members of a selective database through a global computer information network, comprising the steps of:

transmitting personal information of a potential member from a first processing unit to a second processing unit;

verifying said personal information;

if verified, allowing said potential member to become a member;

collecting raw data from said first processing unit;

processing said raw data on said second processing unit to identify and create biometric identifiers, including an authenticating biometric file, from said raw data to create a member profile, which includes the processed raw data;

creating a database searchable by said biometric identifiers;

during log-in, authenticating said member by comparing data captured at log-in with the authenticating biometric file;

if authenticated, allowing said member to search said database;

transmitting requests for a virtual meeting from a first member to a second member;

determining a time for said first member and said second member to conduct said virtual meeting; and

;

creating an audit log of the virtual meeting.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the audit log comprises a consenting biometric authentication file given by the member as proof that the member consented to predetermined terms of meeting over the network, and that the member actually was the member meeting over the network.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the audit log is created periodically during the virtual meeting.