System and method for enrolling in a biometric system
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a user to access a restricted area via biometric authentication, the method comprising:
- receiving a portion of user information used to enable the user to access the restricted area, said information presented by a system operator;
storing, in a database, in association with an identification code said portion of user information as a partially enabled user record;
communicating the identification code to the user;
receiving, at a system point of access, a record enablement request, said request including the identification code and a user biometric sample; and
storing the user biometric sample with said user record.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method of enrolling potential system users for a biometric system for identity verification. Potential system user information is entered into the system, either by the user or a system operator, and is stored as a partially-enabled user record. The user of a partially-enabled user record fully enables the record by presenting information previously stored in the user record and presenting the remainder of user information necessary to complete record activation. Enrollment data is used to authenticate the system user'"'"'s identity and authorize related transaction accesses in a biometric system for identity verification.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user to access a restricted area via biometric authentication, the method comprising:
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receiving a portion of user information used to enable the user to access the restricted area, said information presented by a system operator; storing, in a database, in association with an identification code said portion of user information as a partially enabled user record; communicating the identification code to the user; receiving, at a system point of access, a record enablement request, said request including the identification code and a user biometric sample; and storing the user biometric sample with said user record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for enabling a system operator to pre-enroll users within a system for biometric authentication, the method comprising:
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receiving, from the system operator, defined access rights for a user of the biometric authentication system; storing said defined access rights in association with an identification code as a partially enabled user record; and communicating said identification code to the user, said identification code enabling said user to activate said user record through the provision of a biometric sample. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for partially enabling a plurality of users to access a restricted area via biometric authentication, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a system database in a biometric verification network, a plurality of portions of user information used to enable a plurality of users to access said area; storing said portions of user information as a plurality of partially enabled user records; generating, at the system database, a plurality of identification codes, each code uniquely associated with a user record selected from a plurality of user records; and communicating said identification codes to the respective users. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A method in a biometric system for enabling a user to access a restricted area, the method comprising:
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pre-enrolling a user in the biometric system by storing a portion of a required amount of user record information in a database, said portion of required user record information including defined access rights to the restricted area; generating, by the biometric system, an identification code; communicating information pertaining to said identification code to said user; receiving an enrollment completion request from the user, said enrollment completion request including said identification code associated with said user record and a user biometric sample; storing said user biometric sample in said user record; and marking said user record as an active user record.
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42. A method in a biometric system for enabling a user to access a restricted are, the method comprising:
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generating, by the biometric system, an identification code; associating said identification code with an inactive user record, said inactive user record requiring input from a user for activation of said user record; receiving a request from the user, said activation request including said identification code and biometric sample from the user; and activating said user record upon storage of said biometric sample in said user record. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A method for controlling access to a restricted area, the method comprising:
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defining individual access rights to the restricted area for each of a plurality of users; storing said defined individual access rights in a respective plurality of user records each of the plurality of user records having a unique identification code associated therewith; distributing a unique identification code to a user associated with the respective user record; identifying a user record upon receipt of an said identification code from an activating said user; and activating a user record associated with said identification code upon receipt of a biometric sample from said user, said activation permitting access to said user to the restricted area in accordance with the defined access rights stored in said activated user record.
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