System and method for providing secure identification solutions

• US 7,671,746 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2006
• Issued: 03/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neology Incorporated (OEP Technologie BV)
• Original Assignee: Neology Incorporated (OEP Technologie BV)
• Inventors: Rietzler, Manfred, Martinez de Velasco Cortina, Francisco
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US11/279,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20080094206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1, 340/572.4, 340/572.5, 340/572.7, 340/572.8, 340/901, 340/904, 340/905, 701/33, 701/35, 701/36, 235/375, 235/382, 705/67
• US Class Current: 340/572.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0776 the adhering arrangement being a layer of adhesive, so that the record carrier can function as a sticker
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07764 the adhering arrangement making the record carrier attachable to a tire tire temperature or pressur control arrangements, see B60C23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/10 at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards verification of coded identity or credit cards in mechanisms actuated by them G07F7/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and an RF reader.

Claims

1. A system of verifying registration information of a vehicle, the system including:

a database configured to store biometric information and vehicle identification information;

a radio frequency device, the radio frequency device including a radio frequency antenna and a chip, the chip comprising;

a memory, the memory configured to store a security key, vehicle identification information, and biometric information for identifying an individual associates with the vehicle, and

a processor coupled with the memory the processor configured to provide access to the memory based on a security key, the processor further configured to;

receive a signal via the radio frequency antenna, the signal comprising a request to access the memory and a security key,

compare the security key included in the received message with the security key stored in the memory,

provide the biometric information in response to the access request when the security keys match; and

a reader coupled with the database, the reader configured to;

generate the access request, insert the security key into the generated request, and transmit the access request to the radio frequency device,

receive the biometric information from the radio frequency device,

compare the biometric information to the biometric information stored in the database, and

verify the identity of the individual in relation to the vehicle based on the comparison.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle identification information comprises at least one of:

a vehicle identification number (VIN);

physical characteristics of a vehicle; and

make and model information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric information includes at least one of finger print information, iris information, and facial image information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the vehicle identification information in response to the access request when the security keys match, and wherein the reader is further configured to receive the vehicle identification information from the radio frequency device, compare the vehicle identification information to the vehicle identification information stored in the database, and verify the vehicle based on the comparison.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the radio frequency device is included in a license plate attached to the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the radio frequency device is included in a sticker attached to the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the radio frequency device is included in a stacker attached to the window of the vehicle.

8. A method of verifying registration information of a vehicle, comprising:

storing first identification information in a memory on a chip with a radio frequency antenna;

incorporating the chip onto a license plate attached to the vehicle;

granting access to the memory based on a security key;

reading the first identification information from the license plate with a radio frequency reader; and

comparing the first identification information with second identification information obtained from a user to determine if a match exists.

9. A method of verifying registration information of a vehicle, comprising:

storing first identification information on a chip with a radio frequency antenna;

incorporating the chip onto an identification mechanism attached to the vehicle;

granting access to the memory based on a security key;

reading the first identification information from the identification mechanism with a radio frequency reader; and

comparing the first identification information with second identification information obtained from a user to determine if a match exists.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the identification mechanism is a sticker.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the identification mechanism is a window sticker.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the radio frequency device farther comprises:

information storage capabilities; and

transmission capabilities.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the identification mechanism is a retroreflective article.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first and second identification information comprises at least one of:

physical characteristics of a person authorized to drive a vehicle;

physical characteristics of a vehicle; and

biometric information of a person authorized to drive a vehicle.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the chip is an integrated circuit.

16. A method of verifying information stored in a memory on a chip, the chip interfaced with an antenna, the method comprising:

granting access to a memory based on a security key;

reading first identification information associated with a person, item, product, or vehicle associated with the chip from the memory on the chip via the antenna using a radio frequency reader; and

comparing the first identification information with second identification information to determine if a match exists.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the identification information comprises a biometric, product identifier, or vehicle identification.