Methods for secure enrollment and backup of personal identity credentials into electronic devices
First Claim
1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method, comprising:
- receiving at a personal identification device a public key before biometric data associated with enrollment is received;
sending an identifier from the personal identification device to a party based on the public key before biometric data associated with enrollment is received, the identifier being uniquely associated with the personal identification device;
receiving at the personal identification device a digital certificate from the party based on the identifier before biometric data associated with enrollment is received; and
disabling at least a portion of functionality within the personal identification device while the personal identification device is in a wait state associated with future enrollment.
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Abstract
A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numbers or another unique identifier for each device that it produces, along with a self-generated public key for each device. The enrollment authority is recognized by the manufacturer or another suitable institution as capable of validating an individual before enrolling him into the device. The enrollment authority maintains and operates the appropriate equipment for enrollment, and provides its approval of the enrollment. The methods described herein discuss post-manufacturing, enrollment, backup, and recovery processes for the device.
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20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving at a personal identification device a public key before biometric data associated with enrollment is received; sending an identifier from the personal identification device to a party based on the public key before biometric data associated with enrollment is received, the identifier being uniquely associated with the personal identification device; receiving at the personal identification device a digital certificate from the party based on the identifier before biometric data associated with enrollment is received; and disabling at least a portion of functionality within the personal identification device while the personal identification device is in a wait state associated with future enrollment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method, comprising:
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sending a public key to a personal identification device; receiving an identifier from the personal identification device, the identifier being uniquely associated with the personal identification device; producing a digital certificate based on the identifier and before enrollment of biometric data; and sending the digital certificate to the personal identification device such that at least a portion of functionality of the personal identification device is disabled except that the personal identification device is configured to send the digital certificate to an enrollment party during future enrollment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving an encryption identifier at a personal identification device from a party during pre-enrollment; receiving a digital signature at the personal identification device from the party during pre-enrollment; the encryption identifier and the digital signature collectively configured to enable verification of the party by the personal identification device; and disabling at least a portion of functionality within the personal identification device while waiting for future enrollment. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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