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US 11,308,189 B2Granted
Remote usage of locally stored biometric authentication data
AssigneeVisa International Service Association
InventorJohn Sheets
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Abstract
A method for biometric authentication is disclosed. Reference biometric data established at a first device can be stored at a backend server computer. The server computer can then provide the reference biometric data with a second device when needed for biometric authentication at the second device.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server computer, from a first user device, a first reference biometric template and a first parameter value;
- storing, by the server computer, the first reference biometric template and the first parameter value;
- receiving, by the server computer, from a second user device, a request for accessing data, the request including a query biometric template and a second parameter value;
- identifying, by the server computer, the first reference biometric template and an associated first dataset based on a comparison of the second parameter value with the first parameter value, wherein identifying the first reference biometric template and authenticating the query biometric template includes:
- determining, by the server computer, a subset of datasets based on the second parameter value, wherein each dataset in the subset of datasets is associated with a parameter value that is within a predetermined range of the second parameter value, wherein the first parameter value is within the predetermined range of the second parameter value, and wherein the subset of datasets includes the first dataset;
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- for each dataset in the subset of datasets, identifying, by the server computer, an associated reference biometric template;
- authenticating, by the server computer, the query biometric template based on a comparison with the first reference biometric template, wherein authenticating the query biometric template includes:
- comparing, by the server computer, the query biometric template with each reference biometric template;
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- based on comparing, identifying, by the server computer, a reference biometric template that matches the query biometric template within a predetermined threshold, wherein the matching reference biometric template is the first reference biometric template associated with the first dataset;
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- based on authenticating the query biometric template, transmitting, by the server computer, an authentication approval message to the second user device, wherein the second user device grants access to the first dataset based on the authentication approval message.
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A server computer comprising:
- a processor;
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- a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code, executable by the processor, for implementing a method comprising:
- receiving from a first user device, a first reference biometric template and a first parameter value;
- storing the first reference biometric template and the first parameter value;
- receiving from a second user device, a request for accessing data, the request including a query biometric template and a second parameter value;
- identifying the first reference biometric template and an associated first dataset based on a comparison of the second parameter value with the first parameter value, wherein identifying the first reference biometric template and authenticating the query biometric template includes:
- determining a subset of datasets based on the second parameter value, wherein each dataset in the subset of datasets is associated with a parameter value that is within a predetermined range of the second parameter value, wherein the first parameter value is within the predetermined range of the second parameter value, and wherein the subset of datasets includes the first dataset;
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- for each dataset in the subset of datasets, identifying an associated reference biometric template;
- authenticating the query biometric template based on a comparison with the reference biometric template, wherein authenticating the query biometric template includes:
- comparing the query biometric template with each reference biometric template;
- and
- based on comparing, identifying a reference biometric template that matches the query biometric template within a predetermined threshold, wherein the matching reference biometric template is the first reference biometric template associated with the first dataset;
- and
- based on authenticating the query biometric template, transmitting an authentication approval message to the second user device, wherein the second user device grants access to the first dataset based on the authentication approval message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.