Biometric multimodal centralized authentication service

• US 7,360,239 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2003
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mandalia, Baiju D., Mansey, Pradeep P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barron, Jr.; Gilberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le; Canh
• Application Number:
  US10/741,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20050138391A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,579 Days
• Field of Search: 713185-186, 713182-183, 713/155, 382/100, 382115-126, 382/128, 705/50, 705/67, 705/71, 705/72, 726 1- 8, 726 11- 12, 340/5.52
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A central system in communication with the one or more applications is configured for storing an identifying information of a user. The identifying information includes a biometric identifying data. The central system is further configured for prompting the user for a confirmatory biometric data when the user accesses any of the one or more voice applications connected to the central system. The system compares the confirmatory biometric data with the biometric identifying data. The system authenticates the user if the confirmatory biometric data matches a portion of the biometric identifying data.

Claims

1. A method for enrolling a user in an authentication and verification service comprising:

connecting a user to a central system;

detecting a type of multi-modal device used by the user to connect to the central system;

determining a mode of biometric verification for the multi-modal device;

enrolling the user using the determined mode of biometric verification; and

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subsequently authenticating the user into multiple, different applications over the multi-modal device using the determined mode of biometric verification in the central system without requiring a new enrollment for each of the multiple, different applications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting a user to a central system, comprises connecting a user to a central system over a public switched telephone network from a telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting a user to a central system, comprises connecting a user to a central system over the Internet from a computer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a mode of biometric verification for the multi-modal device, comprises determining a mode of biometric verification for the multi-modal device selected from the group consisting of a voice enrollment, fingerprint enrollment, signature enrollment, and image enrollment.