MOBILE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20120328171A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aware Incorporated (Crowley Holdings Preferred LLC)
• Original Assignee: AFIX Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Vitt, Joan L., McCowan, Tony L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,655,032 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures

Abstract

A mobile application stored within the mobile device allows for file collection, transfer, and display on a smart device with G3, G4, EDGE, or similar data communication capabilities. The software is used in conjunction with information collection devices synced to a smart device via blue tooth technology, such as a fingerprinting device. The device will transfer a file to the smart device running the mobile application. The application will then encrypt the file and encode the file that is then packaged into a proprietary format. The file is then sent to a web location using the data transmission capability of the mobile device. The device will then monitor a file location of a web address for a return response. It will then get the file from the web location in a standard NIST approved format, extract information and images from the file, displaying them in a GUI.

Claims

1. A mobile identification system comprising:

a mobile device including a storage memory, a graphical user interface (GUI), a processor, an identification application, and a communications antenna adapted for sending and receiving data files wirelessly;

an information collection device capable of creating and transmitting a fingerprint image data file;

a remote computing device including a storage memory including a searchable database, a processor, and being capable of wirelessly receiving and transmitting data files with said mobile device;

said mobile device capable of searching said data base of fingerprint data files;

said remote computing device capable of transmitting fingerprint data files to said mobile device; and

said mobile device capable of displaying identifying data associated with said fingerprint data files.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

said mobile device further including a digital camera, wherein said camera is capable of taking a photograph of an individual whose fingerprints have been taken with said information collection device, and temporarily storing the photograph data within said mobile device storage memory; and

said mobile device processor capable of encoding said fingerprint image data file with said photograph data.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

said mobile device GUI capable of receiving text data; and

said mobile device processor capable of encoding said fingerprint image data file with said text data.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said fingerprint data file created by said information collection device is a .NIST data file format.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile device is capable of encoding said fingerprint data file into an .XML data file format.

6. A method of recording an individual'"'"'s fingerprints, the method comprising the steps:

providing an information collection device capable of capturing an individual'"'"'s fingerprints;

providing a mobile device including a storage memory, a graphical user interface (GUI), a processor, an identification application, and a communications antenna adapted for sending and receiving data files wirelessly;

providing a remote computing device including a storage memory including a searchable database, a processor, and being capable of wirelessly receiving and transmitting data files with said mobile device;

capturing said individual'"'"'s fingerprints with said information collection device;

saving said fingerprints as a fingerprint data file;

transferring said fingerprint data file to said mobile device;

transferring said fingerprint data file with said mobile device;

encoding said fingerprint data file using said mobile device, such that said fingerprint data file is transformed into an encoded identification data file;

transferring said encoded identification data file from said mobile device to said remote computing device;

storing said encoded identification file in said remote computing device searchable database; and

purging said encoded identification data file from said mobile device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said mobile device further includes a digital camera, the method further comprising the steps:

capturing a photograph of said individual using said mobile device digital camera;

saving said photograph as a photograph data file;

associating said photograph data file with said fingerprint data file; and

wherein said encoded identification data file includes said photograph data file information and said fingerprint data file information.

8. The method according to claim 6, the method further comprising the steps:

entering text data into said mobile device using said GUI;

saving said text data as a text data file;

associating said text data file with said fingerprint data file; and

wherein said encoded identification data file includes said text data file information and said fingerprint data file information.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step:

searching said searchable database with the data of said encoded identification file;

locating data files associated with said individual, wherein said data files include identifying information;

transmitting said identifying information to said mobile device; and

displaying said identifying information on said mobile device GUI.