Ensuring the provenance of passengers at a transportation facility
First Claim
1. A method for ensuring the provenance of an individual, comprising:
- acquiring a first biometric template at a first location;
storing the acquired first biometric template with an anonymous indicator comprising one of;
a gate number or location identifier, a flight or transportation number, an immigration or other status, a security risk, or a time specification, without any associated information that uniquely identifies an owner of the first biometric template;
acquiring a second biometric template at a second location;
determining, using the anonymous indicator stored with the first biometric template and without using any associated information that uniquely identifies the owner, if the owner of the first biometric template is expected at the second location; and
performing, responsive to determining that the owner of the first biometric template is expected at the second location using the anonymous indicator, biometric matching of the second biometric template at the second location without using any associated information that uniquely identifies the individual.
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Abstract
The provenance of passengers intending to depart on a vehicle from a transportation facility, is ensured by providing biometric reading devices at both a check-in station and a departure area station of the facility. The name and/or other information concerning a passenger arriving at the facility is also entered for assessment into a background check system. A biometric template of the passenger is acquired by the reading device at the check-in station and forwarded to the departure area station. When the passenger appears at the latter station, a second biometric template is acquired by the reading device there. The second template is compared with each of a number of templates that were forwarded from the check-in station. If no match exists, or if the background check system returns an unsatisfactory assessment, the passenger is refused boarding onto the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for ensuring the provenance of an individual, comprising:
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acquiring a first biometric template at a first location; storing the acquired first biometric template with an anonymous indicator comprising one of;
a gate number or location identifier, a flight or transportation number, an immigration or other status, a security risk, or a time specification, without any associated information that uniquely identifies an owner of the first biometric template;acquiring a second biometric template at a second location; determining, using the anonymous indicator stored with the first biometric template and without using any associated information that uniquely identifies the owner, if the owner of the first biometric template is expected at the second location; and performing, responsive to determining that the owner of the first biometric template is expected at the second location using the anonymous indicator, biometric matching of the second biometric template at the second location without using any associated information that uniquely identifies the individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A system for ensuring the provenance of an individual, the system comprising:
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a first biometric acquisition device at a first location, configured to acquire a first biometric template, wherein the acquired first biometric template is stored with an anonymous indicator comprising one of;
a gate number or location identifier, a flight or transportation number, an immigration or other status, a security risk, or a time specification, without any associated information that uniquely identifies an owner of the first biometric template; anda second biometric acquisition device at a second location, configured to acquire a second biometric template at a second location, and further configured to, without using any associated information that uniquely identifies the owner; determine if the owner of the first biometric template is expected at the second location using the anonymous indicator, and perform biometric matching of the second biometric template at the second location responsive to determining that the owner of the first biometric template is expected at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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