Methods and systems for fingerprint template enrollment and distribution process

• US 9,183,365 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2014
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
• Inventors: Taveau, Sebastien Ludovic Jean, Tsuchiya, Marcia
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bell, Kalish
• Application Number:
  US14/146,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 713182-186, 726 1- 7, 726 16- 21, 726 27- 29
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Abstract

A system and method may comprise providing a database comprising a user list and a user device list, the user list comprising a list of user biometric identifiers, each extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user, and the user device list comprising a list of user biometric identifiers each extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user device associated with the verified user; and determining one of (1) whether a user biometric identifier of a known user biometric received from an unverified user device matches a user biometric identifier on the user device list and (2) whether a user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a new user biometric template received from a verified user device matches a user biometric identifier in the stored user list.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a database comprising a user list and a user device list, the user list comprising a list of one or more user biometric identifiers, each user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user, and the user device list comprising a list of one or more user biometric identifiers each extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user device associated with the verified user; and

determining, via an interpreter/matcher one of (1) whether a user biometric identifier of a known user biometric received from an unverified user device matches a user biometric identifier on the user device list to verify the unverified user device and (2) whether a user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a new user biometric template received from a verified user device matches a user biometric identifier in the stored user list to verify the new user biometric template.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the template of the user biometric comprises information relating to the biometric characteristics of a user biometric sensed by a trusted user biometric image sensor.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the template of the user biometric is created in the trusted biometric image sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the service provider database is connected to a service provider server.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein verifying a new user device adds the new user device to the user device list in the service provider database comprising a cluster of user devices associated with the user.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein verifying the new user biometric template adds to the user list in the service provider database another user biometric associated with the user.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the user biometric identifier is an encrypted version of the user biometric template.

8. A system comprising:

a service provider database storing a user list and a user device list, the user list comprising a list of one or more user biometric identifiers, each user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user, and the user device list comprising a list of one or more user biometric identifiers each extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user device associated with the verified user; and

an interpreter/matcher configured to determine one of (1) whether a user biometric identifier of a known user biometric received from an unverified user device matches a user biometric identifier on the user device list to verify the unverified user device and (2) whether a user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a new user biometric template received from a verified user device matches a user biometric identifier in the stored user list to verify the new user biometric template.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the template of the user biometric comprises information relating to the biometric characteristics of a user biometric sensed by a trusted user biometric image sensor.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the template of the user biometric is created in the trusted biometric image sensor.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the service provider database is connected to a service provider server.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein verifying a new user device adds the new user device to the user device list in the service provider database comprising a cluster of user devices associated with the user.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein verifying the new user biometric template adds to the user list in the service provider database another user biometric associated with the user.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the user biometric identifier is an encrypted version of the user biometric template.

15. A method comprising:

storing in a service provider database a user list and a user device list, the user list comprising a list of one or more user biometric identifiers, each user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user, and the user device list comprising list of one or more user biometric identifiers each extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user device associated with the verified user; and

determining, via an interpreter/matcher, whether a user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a new user biometric template, received from a verified user device, matches a user biometric identifier in the stored user list to verify the new user biometric template; and

authorizing a verified user device containing a stored master template identified by the user biometric identifier contained in the user list to transfer to the user device which transmitted the verified new user biometric template, a verified master template, to create a new root of trust and user biometric identifier for storage in the user list and the user device list.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the transfer is accomplished by way of a short range wireless network.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the short range wireless network is one of a Bluetooth wireless (“

BT wifi”

), Bluetooth low energy (“

BLE”

) and near-field communication (“

NFC”

) network.

18. A system comprising:

a service provider database configured to store a user list and a user device list, the user list comprising a list of one or more user biometric identifiers, each user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user, and the user device list comprising list of one or more user biometric identifiers each extracted from and unique to a respective template of a user biometric of a verified user device associated with the verified user; and

an interpreter/matcher configured to determine whether a user biometric identifier extracted from and unique to a new user biometric template, received from a verified user device, matches a user biometric identifier in the stored user list to verify the new user biometric template; and

a transfer authorizing unit, configured to authorize a verified user device containing a stored master template identified by the user biometric identifier contained in the user list to transfer to the user device which transmitted the verified new user biometric template, a verified master template, to create a new root of trust and user biometric identifier for storage in the user list and the user device list.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the transfer is accomplished by way of a short range wireless network.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the short range wireless network is one of a Bluetooth wireless (“

BT wifi”

), Bluetooth low energy (“

BLE”

) and near-field communication (“

NFC”

) network.