Identity authentication platform
First Claim
1. A method for authenticating an individual accessing a web service, comprising:
- obtaining a real-time photograph of the individual using a camera subsystem of a device used by the individual to make an assertion of an identity to the web service; and
authenticating the identity by comparing the real-time photograph to a face recognition template previously derived from an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to the individual and previously stored in a data store of an identity authentication platform when the individual registered the identity card on the identity authentication platform by presenting the identity card to the identity authentication platform;
wherein the face recognition template is previously derived and stored in the data store by registering the identity of the individual on the identity authentication platform by obtaining a photograph of the identity card and generating the face recognition template and a set of identifying information for authenticating the identity of the individual in response to the photograph of the identity card and storing the face recognition template in the data store of the identity authentication platform.
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Abstract
A system and method for identity authentication, including: registering an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to an individual with an identity authentication platform including generating a reference face recognition template for the individual in response to the identity card presented by the individual during registration; obtaining a real-time photograph of the individual in response to an assertion of an identity made by the individual; and authenticating the assertion made by the individual by generating a target face recognition template in response to the real-time photograph and matching the target face recognition template to the reference face recognition template.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for authenticating an individual accessing a web service, comprising:
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obtaining a real-time photograph of the individual using a camera subsystem of a device used by the individual to make an assertion of an identity to the web service; and authenticating the identity by comparing the real-time photograph to a face recognition template previously derived from an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to the individual and previously stored in a data store of an identity authentication platform when the individual registered the identity card on the identity authentication platform by presenting the identity card to the identity authentication platform; wherein the face recognition template is previously derived and stored in the data store by registering the identity of the individual on the identity authentication platform by obtaining a photograph of the identity card and generating the face recognition template and a set of identifying information for authenticating the identity of the individual in response to the photograph of the identity card and storing the face recognition template in the data store of the identity authentication platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A device that enables an individual to access a web service, comprising:
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a computer processor; a camera; and an app executing on the computer processor and adapted for accessing the web service, the app obtaining a real-time photograph of the individual using the camera when the individual makes an assertion of an identity to the web service such that the identity is authenticated by comparing the real-time photograph to a face recognition template previously derived from an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to the individual and previously stored in a data store of an identity authentication platform when the individual registered their identity by presenting the identity card to the identity authentication platform, the app registering the identity of the individual on the identity authentication platform by obtaining a photograph of the identity card using the camera and deriving the face recognition template and a set of identifying information for authenticating the identity of the individual from the photograph of the identity card. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An identity authentication platform stored on a computer memory, comprising:
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a data store that holds a face recognition template derived from an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to an individual and presented by the individual to the identity authentication platform when the individual registers their identity on the identity authentication platform; a sampling module that obtains a real-time photograph of the individual when the individual makes an assertion of an identity after the individual registers their identity on the platform; a verifier module that verifies the assertion of the identity by comparing the real-time photograph to the face recognition template stored in the data store; and a registration module that enables the individual to register their identity with the identity authentication platform by obtaining a photograph of the identity card and generating a face recognition template and a set of identifying information for authenticating the identity of the individual in response to the photograph of the identity card and storing the face recognition template in the data store. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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