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Biometric capture for unauthorized user identification

  • US 9,819,676 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2016
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for capturing biometric information for identifying unauthorized users, comprising:

  • at least one computing device, comprising;

    at least one biometric sensor;

    at least one processing unit, communicably coupled to the at least one biometric sensor; and

    at least one non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processing unit to;

    receive at least one instruction from at least one additional computing device to capture biometric information, wherein the at least one instruction is received based on an unauthorized use of the at least one computing device;

    capture said biometric information without making said unauthorized user aware of said capture;

    receive the biometric information from the at least one biometric sensor;

    store the biometric information; and

    purge at select times at least a portion of the stored biometric information according to a purging rule, wherein the purging rule is based on at least one of;

    a given number of unauthorized access attempts;

    a given period of time;

    a type of biometric information;

    a determination whether the biometric information comprises a complete set of biometric information;

    oran amount of biometric information associated with a type of biometric information.

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