Biometric systems

• US 20080095410A1
• Filed: 10/19/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: I.Q.S. Shalev Limited
• Original Assignee: I.Q.S. Shalev Limited
• Inventors: Portnoy, Vitaly, Shalev, Baruch
• Granted Patent: US 7,773,779 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A system for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the system comprising: a template receiver, which comprises: a registration input configured to receive from at least one remote registering party at least one registration template of a biometric sample of an end user of the remote registering party, associated with a tag relating the template to the end user, and an enquiry input, configured to receive from a remote inquiring party at least one test template of a biometric sample of a person. The system also comprises a verifier, associated with the inputs, configured to determine a degree of match between the registration template and the test template, thereby to verify the person as an end user, using the determined degree of match.

Claims

1. System for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the system comprising:

a template receiver, comprising

a) a registration input configured to receive from at least one remote registering party at least one respective registration template of a biometric sample of an end user of said remote registering party, associated with a tag relating said template to said end user; and

b) an enquiry input, configured to receive from a remote inquiring party at least one test template of a biometric sample of a person; and

a verifier, associated with said template receiver, configured to determine a degree of match between said registration template and said test template thereby to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said template receiver is further configured to receive a plurality of registration templates from said registering party.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said template receiver is further configured to communicate with said remote parties via the Internet.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a template extractor, remotely communicating with said template receiver, installed at premises of at least one of said remote parties and configured to extract said test template from a biometric sample.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a template extractor, remotely communicating with said template receiver, installed at premises of at least one of said remote parties, and configured to automatically determine which type of biometric characteristic is sampled in a biometric sample, and extract said test template from said biometric sample according to said determined type.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a time manager, associated with said verifier, and configured to record time of reception of said test template, as a time event of said tag associated with said registration template matched by said test template.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said inquiry input is further configured to receive a plurality of test templates of biometric samples of said person, and said verifier is further configured to determine a degree of match between said test templates of biometric samples of said person and at least one of said registration templates, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said test templates comprise test templates from at least two types of biometric samples.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said verifier is further configured to match between a first one of said plurality of test templates and at least one of said registration templates, and determine a degree of match between a second one of said plurality of test templates and at least one of said registration templates associated with a tag also associated with at least one of said templates matched with said first template.

10. The system of claim 4, further comprising a biometric sample generator associated with said template extractor, configured to generate a biometric sample, utilizing a biometric reader, and forward said biometric sample to said template extractor.

11. The system of claim 5, further comprising a biometric sample generator associated with said template extractor, configured to generate a biometric sample, utilizing a biometric reader, and forward said biometric sample to said template extractor.

12. The system of claim 4, further comprising a biometric sample generator associated with said template extractor, configured to identify a type of a biometric reader, and generate a biometric sample, utilizing said biometric reader, in accordance with said identified type.

13. The system of claim 5, further comprising a biometric sample generator associated with said template extractor, configured to identify a type of a biometric reader, and generate a biometric sample, utilizing said biometric reader, in accordance with said identified type.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said template receiver is further configured to receive a claimed tag associated with said test template of said person, and said verifier is further configured to determine a degree of match between said test template of said person and at least one of said registration templates associated with said claimed tag, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said verifier is further configured to determine a degree of match between said test template of said person and at least one of said registration templates stored for a registering party having a sharing agreement with said inquiring party, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a quality monitor, communicating with said template receiver and said verifier, and configured to monitor operation of the system through a predefines monitoring scheme.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage associated with said registration input, for storing said registration template associated with said tag.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a duplicate templates locator, associated with said storage, and configured to locate duplicate templates in the storage.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising a duplicate templates locator, associated with said storage, and configured to locate a duplicate template in the storage, and to remove said duplicate template.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising a process manager, connected to said inputs, and configured to communicate a remote party for managing a multi-step biometric identification process.

21. The system of claim 1, further comprising a process manager, connected to said inputs, and configured to communicate with a remote party for managing a multi-step biometric authentication process.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein said verifier is further configured to use a predefined policy, for said verifying using said determined degree of match.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein said verifier is further configured to use a predefined policy, for said verifying using said determined degree of match, said policy comprising an end user specific minimal degree of match for said verification.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein said verifier is further configured to use a predefined policy, for said verifying using said determined degree of match, said policy comprising a remote party specific minimal degree of match for said verification.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein said template receiver is further configured to receive a minimal degree of match from said inquiring party, and said verifier is further configured to use said received minimal degree of match for said verifying using said determined degree of match.

26. System for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the system comprising a sample receiver, comprising:

a) a registration input configured to receive from at least one remote registering party at least one registration biometric sample of a respective end user of said remote registering party, associated with a tag relating said biometric sample to said end user; and

b) an inquiry input configured to receive from a remote inquiring party at least one test biometric sample of a person; and

a template extractor, associated with said sample receiver, configured to extract a template from each of said received biometric samples; and

a verifier, associated with said template extractor, configured to determine a degree of match between said template extracted from said test sample and at least one of said templates extracted from said registration samples, thereby to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said inquiry input is further configured to communicate with said remote parties via the Internet.

28. The system of claim 26, further comprising a time manager, associated with said verifier, configured to record time of reception of said test sample, as a time event of said tag associated with said template of said registration sample, matched by said template extracted from said test sample of said person.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein said verifier is further configured to determine a degree of match between said template extracted from said test sample and at least one of said templates extracted from samples received from a registering party having a sharing agreement with said inquiring party, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein said inquiring input is further configured to receive a plurality of test biometric samples of said person, and said verifier is further configured to determine a degree of match between said templates extracted from said test biometric samples and at least one of said templates extracted from said test samples of said inquiring party, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

31. The system of claim 26, further comprising a biometric sample generator, installed at premises of at least one of the remote parties, and configured to generate a biometric sample, utilizing a biometric reader, and to send said biometric sample to one of said inputs.

32. The system of claim 26, further comprising a biometric sample generator, installed at premises of at least one of the remote parties, and configured to identify a type of a biometric reader, and generate a biometric sample, utilizing said biometric reader, in accordance with said type.

33. The system of claim 26, wherein said template extractor is further configured to automatically determine which type of biometric characteristic is sampled in each of said biometric samples, and to extract said template from said biometric sample, in accordance with said determined type.

34. The system of claim 26, wherein said inquiry input is further configured to receive a claimed tag associated with said test sample, and said verifier is further configured to determine a degree of match between said template extracted from said test biometric sample and at least one of said registration templates associated with said claimed tag, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

35. The system of claim 26, further comprising a quality monitor, communicating with said inputs and said verifier, configured to monitor operation of the system through a predefines monitoring scheme.

36. The system of claim 26, further comprising a storage, for storing said templates associated with said tag.

37. The system of claim 36, further comprising a duplicate templates locator, associated with said storage, and configured to locate duplicate templates in said storage.

38. The system of claim 36, further comprising a duplicate templates locator, associated with said storage, and configured to locate a duplicate template in the storage, and to remove said duplicate template.

39. Method for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the method comprising:

receiving from at least one remote registering party at least one registration biometric sample of a respective end user of said remote registering party, associated with a tag identifying said biometric sample as belonging to an end user of said registering party;

extracting a template from each of said received registration biometric samples;

receiving from a remote inquiring party at least one test biometric sample of a person;

extracting a template from said test biometric sample; and

determining a degree of match between said template extracted from said test biometric sample and at least one of said templates extracted from said registration samples, and verifying said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

40. The method of claim 39, further comprising communicating with said remote parties via the Internet.

41. The method of claim 39, further comprising recording time of reception of said test biometric sample, as a time event of said tag associated with said template matched by said template extracted from said test sample.

42. The method of claim 41, further comprising sending data of said time events of said number to a remote party.

43. The method of claim 39, further comprising determining a degree of match between said template extracted from said test biometric sample and at least one of said templates extracted from biometric samples received from a registering party having a sharing agreement with said inquiring party, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

44. Method for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the method comprising:

receiving from at least one registering party at least one registration template of a biometric sample of a respective end user of said remote registering party, associated with a tag relating said template to said end user;

receiving from a remote inquiring party at least one test template of a biometric sample of a person; and

determining a degree of match between said test template and at least one of said registration templates, and verifying said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising communicating with said remote parties via the Internet.

46. The method of claim 44, further comprising recording time of reception of said test template, as a time event of said tag associated with said registration template matched by said test template.

47. The method of claim 46, further comprising sending data of said time events of said number to a remote party.

48. The method of claim 44, further comprising determining a degree of match between said test template and at least one of said registration templates of a registering party having a sharing agreement with said inquiring party, and verifying said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.

49. System for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the apparatus comprising:

a time manger, configured to receive from at least one remote registering party at least one registration biometric sample of a respective end user of said remote registering party, associated with a tag relating said registration biometric sample to said end user, wherein said time manager is further configured to receive from a remote inquiring party at least one test biometric sample of a person;

a template extractor, associated with said time manager, configured to extract a template from each of said biometric samples; and

a verifier, associated with said template extractor, configured to determine a degree of match between said template extracted from said test biometric sample and at least one of said templates extracted from said registration samples, and to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match, wherein said time manager is further associated with said verifier, and further configured to record time of reception of said test biometric sample, as a time event of said tag associated with said template matched by said template extracted from said test biometric sample.

50. The system of claim 49, wherein said time manager is further configured to communicate with said remote parties via the Internet.

51. The system of claim 49, wherein said time manager is provided an interface in a web site.

52. The system of claim 49, wherein said time manager is further configured to send data of said time events to a remote party.

53. The system of claim 49, further comprising a client agent, installed at premises of a remote party, configured to receive data of said time events of said tag, in a predefined format.

54. The system of claim 49, further comprising a client agent, installed at premises of a remote party, configured to receive data of said time event of said tag, and to forward said received data to a third party, in a predefined format.

55. The system of claim 49, further comprising a quality monitor, communicating with said time manager, and configured to monitor operation of system through a predefines monitoring scheme.

56. A client agent for providing global biometric identification, embodied on a computer readable medium, the agent comprising a template extractor, configured to automatically determine which type of biometric characteristic is sampled in a received biometric sample, and extract a template from said biometric sample, in accordance with said determined type.

57. The client agent of claim 56, further comprising a biometric sample generator associated with said template extractor, configured to generate said biometric sample, utilizing a biometric reader.

58. The client agent of claim 56, further comprising a biometric sample generator associated with said template extractor, configured to identify a type of a biometric reader, and generate said biometric sample, utilizing said biometric reader, in accordance with said type.