Hand geometry recognition biometrics on a fob

• US 7,886,157 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Issued: 02/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Xatra Fund MX LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Saunders, Peter D, Montgomery, Joshua L, Larkin, Carl, Gray, William J, Fields, Seth W, Bonalle, David S, Beenau, Blayn W
• Primary Examiner(s): Chai, Longbit
• Application Number:
  US12/023,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 713/186
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/28 Pre-payment schemes, e.g. "pay before"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/342 Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3672 initialising or reloading thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/107 Static hand or arm
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/11 Hand-related biometrics; Hand pose recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 : the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/29 : the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/025 : by means, e.g. cards, providing billing information at the time of purchase, e.g. identification of seller or purchaser, quantity of goods delivered or to be delivered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 : Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 : Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• 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: H04L 9/3231 : Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 : using certificates or pre-shared keys

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using hand geometry recognition biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a hand geometry scan sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric samples. In one embodiment, the biometric security system includes a transponder configured with a hand geometry scan sensor. In another embodiment, the system includes a reader configured with a hand geometry scan sensor. In yet another embodiment, the present invention discloses methods for proffering and processing hand geometry scan samples to facilitate authorization of transactions.

Claims

1. A transponder-reader transaction system comprising:

a reader configured to communicate with a transponder;

a hand geometry scan sensor configured to detect proffered hand geometry scan sample data, said hand geometry scan sensor configured to communicate with said transaction system, wherein said proffered hand geometry scan sample data is configured to be verified to facilitate a transaction; and

wherein said transaction system is configured to determine whether a transaction exceeds a preloaded value defined by a preloaded value data file associated with said transponder, determine whether said transaction exceeds a combination of said preloaded value and a reload value defined by a reload protocol data file associated with said transponder, notify a user to proffer said proffered hand geometry scan sample data to authorize use of said combination of said preloaded value and said reload value to complete said transaction, and authorize said transaction to proceed by applying said preloaded value from a first funding source associated with said transponder and applying a portion of said reload value from one of said first funding source and a second funding source according to said reload protocol data file.

2. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said hand geometry scan sensor is configured to communicate with said transaction system via at least one of said transponder, said reader, or a network.

3. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said hand geometry scan sensor is configured with at least one of an infrared optical sensor or a three-dimensional imaging system.

4. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said hand geometry scan sensor is configured to detect and verify hand geometry scan characteristics including at least one of:

blood flow, body heat, hand shape, finger length, finger thickness, or finger curvature.

5. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, further including at least one of:

a third-party security vendor device or a protocol/sequence controller configured to compare said proffered hand geometry scan sample data with stored hand geometry scan sample data.

6. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1 further comprising a device configured to compare said proffered hand geometry scan sample data with stored hand geometry scan sample data, wherein said stored hand geometry scan sample data comprises registered hand geometry scan sample data which is associated with at least one of:

personal information, credit card information, debit card information, savings account information, or loyalty point information.

7. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1 further comprising a device configured to compare said proffered hand geometry scan sample data with stored hand geometry scan sample data, wherein said stored hand geometry scan sample data comprises registered hand geometry scan sample data, wherein different registered hand geometry scan sample data are associated with a different one of:

personal information, credit card information, debit card information, savings account information, or loyalty point information.

8. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said proffered hand geometry scan sample data is primarily associated with at least one of:

first user information, wherein said first user information comprises personal information, credit card information, debit card information, savings account information, or loyalty point information, and wherein said proffered hand geometry scan sample data is secondarily associated with at least one of second user information, wherein said second user information comprises personal information, credit card information, debit card information, savings account information, or loyalty point information, wherein said second user information is different than said first user information.

9. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said transponder is configured to deactivate upon rejection of said proffered hand geometry scan sample data.

10. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said hand geometry scan sensor is configured to provide a notification upon detection of a sample.

11. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, wherein said device configured to verify is configured to facilitate the use of at least one secondary security procedure.

12. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, further comprising:

an RFID reader database for storing RFID reader data, said RFID reader database in communication with a reader authentication circuit;

an RFID reader protocol/sequence controller in communication with at least one of a first interrogator, said reader authentication circuit, or said RFID reader database;

wherein said reader is configured to provide a first radio frequency (RF) interrogation signal to power a transponder system, to receive a transponder system RF signal, and to communicate transponder system account data related to said transponder system RF signal to a merchant system, said reader including a first interrogator for providing said first RF interrogation signal;

wherein said transponder system authentication circuit comprises said reader authentication circuit in communication with said first interrogator for authenticating said transponder system RF signal;

wherein said RFID reader protocol/sequence controller is configured to facilitate control of an order of operation of said first interrogator, said reader authentication circuit, and said RFID reader database, said transponder-reader transaction system further comprising an RFID reader communications interface configured to communicate with said merchant system, said RFID reader communications interface configured to provide said transponder system account data, wherein said transponder system is configured to receive said first RF interrogation signal, to authenticate said first RF interrogation signal, and to transmit said transponder system account data, said transponder system further comprising;

a first transponder responsive to said first RF interrogation signal;

a transponder system authentication circuit in communication with said first transponder, said transponder system authentication circuit configured to authenticate said first RF interrogation signal;

a transponder system database for storing said transponder system account data, said transponder system database in communication with said transponder system authentication circuit; and

a transponder system protocol/sequence controller in communication with at least one of said first transponder, said transponder system authentication circuit, and said transponder system database, said transponder system protocol/sequence controller configured to control the order of operation of said first transponder, said transponder system authentication circuit, and said transponder system database, wherein said transponder system protocol/sequence controller is configured to activate said transponder system authentication circuit in response to said first RF interrogation signal having an RFID reader authentication code, said transponder system authentication circuit configured to encrypt said RFID reader authentication code to provide an encrypted RFID reader authentication code, said transponder system authentication circuit configured to provide said encrypted RFID reader authentication code to said first transponder for providing to said reader, wherein said reader is configured to receive said encrypted RFID reader authentication code, and wherein said reader protocol/sequence controller is configured to activate said reader authentication circuit in response to said encrypted RFID reader authentication code, wherein said reader database is configured to provide a transponder system decryption security key to said reader authentication circuit in response to said encrypted RFID reader authentication code, said transponder system decryption security key for use in decrypting said encrypted RFID reader authentication code to form a decrypted RFID reader authentication code, said transponder system decryption security key provided to said reader based on a unique transponder identification code, wherein said reader authentication circuit is configured to compare said decrypted RFID reader authentication code and said reader authentication code to determine whether a match exists, and wherein said reader protocol/sequence controller is configured to activate said reader communications interface in response to said reader authentication circuit matching said decrypted RFID reader authentication code and said reader authentication code.

13. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 12, wherein said transponder system protocol/sequence controller activates said transponder system authentication circuit in response to said first RF interrogation signal, wherein said transponder system authentication circuit is configured to provide a transponder authentication code to said first transponder for providing to said reader.

14. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 13, wherein said reader authentication circuit is configured to receive said transponder authentication code, said RFID reader protocol/sequence controller activating said reader authentication circuit in response to said transponder authentication code, said reader authentication circuit configured to encrypt said transponder authentication code to form an encrypted transponder authentication code, wherein said reader is configured to provide said encrypted transponder authentication code to said transponder system.

15. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 14, wherein said transponder system database is configured to store at least one of a transponder system identification data or an RFID reader decryption security key, and wherein said transponder system database is configured to provide said RFID reader decryption security key to said transponder system authentication circuit in response to said encrypted transponder authentication code, said RFID reader decryption security key for use in decrypting said encrypted transponder authentication code to form a decrypted transponder authentication code.

16. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 15, wherein said transponder system authentication circuit is configured to compare said decrypted transponder authentication code and said transponder authentication code to determine whether a match exists.

17. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 16, wherein said transponder system account data is in magnetic stripe format.

18. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 17, wherein said transponder system account data is encrypted as a pre-encrypted transponder system account data, wherein said transponder system database is configured to provide said pre-encrypted transponder system account data to said reader in response to said transponder system authentication circuit matching said decrypted transponder authentication code and said transponder authentication code.

19. The transponder-reader transaction system according to claim 18, wherein said reader communications interface is configured to provide a transponder system PIN and said pre-encrypted transponder system account data in response to said transponder authentication code matching said decrypted transponder authentication code, and said decrypted RFID reader authentication code matching said reader authentication code.

20. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, further configured to update said preloaded value data file according to said reload protocol data file.

21. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, further configured to provide a transponder system identifier and update reload indicia to a user interface to obtain user authorization prior to reloading said preloaded value.

22. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, further configured to provide user incentives to said transponder in response to said reloading of said preloaded value.

23. The transponder-reader transaction system of claim 1, further configured to provide a transponder system identifier to an issuer system server and to provide in real-time an update reload protocol to said issuer system server for reloading the preloaded value in real-time according to said reload protocol.

24. A method comprising:

determining that a transaction exceeds a preloaded value defined by a preloaded value data file associated with a transponder;

determining that said transaction exceeds a combination of said preloaded value and a reload value defined by a reload protocol data file associated with said transponder, wherein said preloaded value data file and said reload protocol data file define predetermined values for use in satisfying a user transaction request;

notifying a user to proffer a hand geometry scan sample to authorize use of said combination of said preloaded value and said reload value to complete said transaction;

verifying proffered hand geometry scan sample data, wherein said proffered hand geometry scan sample data is detected at a hand geometry scan sensor communicating with a transponder-reader transaction system; and

authorizing said transaction to proceed by applying said preloaded value from a first funding source associated with said transponder, wherein a portion of said reload value is applied from at least one of said first funding source or a second funding source according to said reload protocol data file.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said hand geometry scan sensor comprises at least one of an infrared optical sensor or a three-dimensional imaging system.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein said verifying said proffered hand geometry scan sample data includes comparing hand geometry scan characteristics including at least one of:

blood flow, body heat, hand shape, finger length, finger thickness, or finger curvature.

27. A method comprising:

determining that a transaction exceeds a preloaded value defined by a preloaded value data file associated with a transponder;

determining that said transaction exceeds a combination of said preloaded value and a reload value defined by a reload protocol data file associated with said transponder, wherein said preloaded value data file and said reload protocol data file define predetermined values for use in satisfying a user transaction request;

authorizing said transaction to proceed in response to verification of proffered hand geometry scan sample data by applying said preloaded value from a first funding source associated with said transponder, wherein said proffered hand geometry scan sample data is detected at a sensor communicating with a transaction system, and wherein said proffered hand geometry scan sample data facilitates authorization of said combination of said preloaded value and said reload value to complete said transaction; and

applying a portion of said reload value from at least one of said first funding source or a second funding source according to said reload protocol data file.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein said detecting said proffered hand geometry scan sample data includes detecting said proffered hand geometry scan sample data using at least one of an infrared optical sensor or a three-dimensional imaging system.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein said authorizing said transaction to proceed is in response to comparing said proffered hand geometry scan sample data with stored hand geometry scan sample data by comparing a hand geometry scan characteristic including at least one of:

blood flow, body heat, hand shape, finger length, finger thickness, or finger curvature.