# US 12,111,902 B2 · Systems and methods for a connected computing resource and event/activity identification information infrastructure using near existential or existential biometric identification of humans > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,902 B2 - Document ID: US12111902B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/198,540 - Filed: 2023-05-17 - Published: 2023-11-23 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-20 - Assignees: Advanced Elemental Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Advanced Elemental Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Victor Henry Shear; Timothy St. John Redmond; Jaisook Rho; Jason Ben Shear; Bruce Jason Tromberg; Robert George Wong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111902B2 ## CPC - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/86: Secure or tamper-resistant housings - G06V 40/45: {Detection of the body part being alive} - H04L 9/3231: {Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861)} - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Connected computing enables the use of highly diverse environments that support operating frameworks for contemporary civilization. But computing productivity and trustworthiness are undermined by such environments' largely inchoate organization. These environments and their identity infrastructures are fragmented, and unnecessarily unreliable, insecure, and insufficiently informative due to current computing entity (e.g., resource) identification infrastructure design, which lacks root identification reliability. Such reliability is enabled herein by a fundamentally accurate and authenticity ensuring, near-existential or existential quality, biometrically and liveness based, portable identification and provenance infrastructure. Such an infrastructure provides ubiquitously available identification information that can be used universally for identification processes. Such biometrically and liveness-based identification information can be contemporaneously acquired and securely fused with or otherwise bound to associated entity identification information sets. Such sets are used to identify and assess entity suitability and/or authenticity, and/or establish user identity (specific human entity) for personal, societal, and organizational activities. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for determining liveness and person-corresponding identification of a biometrically evaluated human, such system comprising: at least one secure clock arrangement configured to enable: recording secure time stamps for (a) an emission event comprising emission of an electromagnetic signal set using an emitter arrangement, wherein such emission paints at least one human body position, and (b) a sensing event, using a sensor arrangement, of at least a portion of such emitted electromagnetic signal set's interaction with such at least one human body position, and measuring elapsed time between such emission event and a corresponding sensing event to establish a roundtrip time; and a computing arrangement including at least one processor and associated memory, wherein such computing arrangement is configured to enable: determining from such recorded secure time stamps, whether a roundtrip time timing anomaly event has occurred, wherein such elapsed time demonstrates whether a biometric presence spoofing event has occurred; acquiring, using a biometric signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement for a biometric identification information registration process set, person-identifying pattern information from a biometrically evaluated human body feature arrangement; measuring, using the at least one secure clock arrangement and the biometric signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement for the biometric identification information registration process set, timing of at least a dynamic biological process set occurring at a first position on a registering human's body and timing of one or more corresponding dynamic biological process sets occurring at one or more other positions on such registering human's body; determining, from registration timing of such dynamic biological process sets, timing-relationship information of such one or more corresponding biological process sets occurring at such first position and one or more other positions on such registering human's body, wherein such timing-relationship information is configured for subsequent use during an authentication process set to determine whether a tangible object that is presented for biometric evaluation represents a living, physically present identified human; deriving, at least in part, a (a) liveness-informing information set, and (b) person-identifying pattern information set, using information-set-respective measurement processes performed on the same or overlapping one or more body feature sets; securely binding, for an authentication information process set regarding the tangible object presented as the human body feature arrangement, (a) such liveness-informing information and/or information from which it is derived, and (b) position-corresponding, person-identifying pattern information; comparing similarity of (a) such liveness-informing information, and/or information from which it is derived, acquired for such biometric identification information registration process set to corresponding liveness-informing information acquired for such authentication process set, and such at least in part separate (b) person-identifying pattern information acquired for such biometric identification information registration process set to corresponding pattern information acquired for such authentication process set; determining whether such authentication process set of a presented tangible object produces information that similarity matches information acquired from a registered living human-body-feature-arrangement by complying with required similarity matching one or more thresholds for such (a) liveness-informing information, and (b) person-identifying pattern information; and securely governing a person identification related process set based on such authentication determination. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein measuring the timing of such dynamic biological process sets includes acquiring timing-relationship information regarding respective (a) PPGs, photoplethysmograms, (b) SPGs, speckle plethysmograms, (c) ECGs, electrocardiograms, (d) thermal states and/or variations, and/or (e) SFDI data, spatial frequency domain imaging data, such timing information acquired from such human body first position and one or more other human body positions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein measuring such timing-relationship information regarding such dynamic biological process sets includes measuring position-specific timing of blood flow through vasculature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein such secure clock arrangement and the signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement are configured to measure position-specific timing of blood flow through vasculature. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein such dynamic biological process sets are, at least in part, periodic. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein such dynamic biological process sets are, at least in part, aperiodic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system as in claim 5, wherein such dynamic biological process sets are, in part, aperiodic. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The system as in claim 5, wherein determining such timing-relationship information regarding such periodic dynamic biological process sets includes determining one or more phase relationships of such process sets at such human body first and one or more other body positions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein measuring such timing of such dynamic biological process sets includes acquiring timing-relationship information regarding position-related observed signal intensity, wavelength, polarization, and/or structural relationships sensed by one or more optical, ultrasound, capacitance, and/or thermal sensors. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system as in claim 9, wherein such a dynamic biological process set comprises one or more portions of one or more dynamic biological process sets. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein the body position comprises one or more body position (a) locations, and/or (b) continuums. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein biometrically evaluating such body feature arrangement includes acquiring information regarding at least one portion of one or more blood vessels, irises, retinas, other facial components, hands, wrists, dermal components, and/or fingerprints. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein acquiring such biometric identification information includes performing acquiring of a human's near-existential or existential quality biometric identification information within an enclosure comprised of at least three walls and at least one environment anomaly sensing arrangement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system as in claim 13 further enabling employing at least one sensor for securely monitoring the introduction of a tangible object presented as the human body feature arrangement into such enclosure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system as in claim 13 further enabling using at least one enclosure wall embedded or attached sensor arrangement to enable determining whether an enclosure inserted object is an authentic human body feature arrangement and/or an anomalous, inappropriately present object. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1 further enabling using the at least one secure clock arrangement within such biometric signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement to time and/or date stamp one or more acquisition and/or authentication process set information sets. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein securely governing the person identification related process set includes using such biometric identification information and/or information derived therefrom at a time that is contemporaneous to such biometric identification information acquisition. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1 wherein acquiring such biometric identification information includes producing near-existential or existential quality biometric identification information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein, for biometric identification information registration, such person-identifying pattern information includes and/or is securely bound to liveness information regarding such person during such person-identifying pattern information acquisition. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, further comprising enabling the use of such biometric identification information, and/or information derived therefrom, by enabling secure binding of such information to one or more securely maintained such person's credentials and/or one or more other securely maintained person's characterizing fact attributes. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein such a dynamic biological process set comprises one or more portions of one or more dynamic biological process sets. ### Claim 22 (depends on 2) The system as in claim 2, wherein such a dynamic biological process set comprises one or more portions of one or more dynamic biological process sets. ### Claim 23 A method for determining whether a presented object represents a live, biometrically identified, specific human, such method comprising: providing, through use of a hardware and software computing arrangement including at least one processor and associated memory, at least in part standardized one or more resources, and/or specifications, for determining liveness and person-corresponding identification of a biometrically evaluated human, wherein such providing enables: recording secure time stamps provided by at least one secure clock arrangement for (a) an emission event comprising emission of an electromagnetic signal set using an emitter arrangement, wherein such emission paints at least one human body position, and (b) a sensing event, using a sensor arrangement, of at least a portion of such emitted electromagnetic signal set's interaction with such at least one human body position, and measuring elapsed time between such emission event and a corresponding sensing event to establish a roundtrip time; determining from such recorded secure time stamps, whether a roundtrip time timing anomaly event has occurred, wherein such elapsed time demonstrates whether a biometric presence spoofing event has occurred; acquiring, using a biometric signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement for a biometric identification information registration process set, person-identifying pattern information from a biometrically evaluated human body feature arrangement; measuring, using the at least one secure clock arrangement and the biometric signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement for the biometric identification information registration process set, timing of at least a dynamic biological process set occurring at a first position on a registering human's body and timing of one or more corresponding dynamic biological process sets occurring at one or more other positions on such registering human's body; determining, from registration timing of such dynamic biological process sets, timing-relationship information of such one or more corresponding biological process sets occurring at such first position and one or more other positions on such registering human's body, wherein such timing-relationship information is configured for subsequent use during an authentication process set to determine whether a tangible object that is presented for biometric evaluation represents a living, physically present identified human; deriving, at least in part, a (a) liveness-informing information set, and (b) person-identifying pattern information set, using information-set-respective measurement processes performed on the same or overlapping one or more body feature sets; securely binding, for an authentication information process set regarding the tangible object presented as the human body feature arrangement, (a) such liveness-informing information and/or information from which it is derived, and (b) position-corresponding, person-identifying pattern information; comparing similarity of (a) such liveness-informing information, and/or information from which it is derived, acquired for such biometric identification information registration process set to corresponding liveness-informing information acquired for such authentication process set, and such at least in part separate_(b) person-identifying pattern information acquired for such biometric identification information registration process set to corresponding pattern information acquired for such authentication process set; determining whether such authentication process set of a presented tangible object produces information that similarity matches information acquired from a registered living human-body-feature-arrangement by complying with required similarity matching one or more thresholds for such (a) liveness-informing information, and (b) person-identifying pattern information; and securely governing a person identification related process set based on such authentication determination. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables measuring the timing of such dynamic biological process sets to include acquiring timing-relationship information regarding respective (a) PPGs, photoplethysmograms, (b) SPGs, speckle plethysmograms, (c) ECGs, electrocardiograms, (d) thermal states and/or variations, and/or (e) SFDI data, spatial frequency domain imaging data, such timing information acquired from such human body first position and one or more other human body positions. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing enables measuring such timing-relationship information regarding such dynamic biological process sets to measure position-specific timing of blood flow through vasculature. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables configuring such secure clock arrangement and the signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement to measure position-specific timing of blood flow through vasculature. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables such dynamic biological process sets to be, at least in part, periodic. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method as in claim 27, wherein such providing further enables such dynamic biological process sets to be, at least in part, aperiodic. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The method as in claim 27, wherein such providing further enables determining such timing-relationship information regarding such periodic dynamic biological process sets to include determining one or more phase relationships of such process sets at such human body first and one or more other body positions. ### Claim 30 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables such dynamic biological process sets to be, at least in part, aperiodic. ### Claim 31 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables measuring such a timing of such dynamic biological process sets to include acquiring timing-relationship information regarding position-related observed signal intensity, wavelength, polarization, and/or structural relationships sensed by one or more optical, ultrasound, capacitance, and/or thermal sensors. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The method as in claim 31, wherein such providing enables such a dynamic biological process set to comprise one or more portions of one or more dynamic biological process sets. ### Claim 33 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables, for biometric identification information registration, such person-identifying pattern information to include, and/or be securely bound to, liveness information regarding such person during such person-identifying pattern information acquisition. ### Claim 34 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing enables the use of such biometric identification information and/or information derived therefrom to include securely binding such information to one or more securely maintained such person's credentials and/or one or more other securely maintained person's characterizing fact attributes. ### Claim 35 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing enables such a dynamic biological process set to comprise one or more portions of one or more dynamic biological process sets. ### Claim 36 (depends on 24) The method as in claim 24, wherein such providing enables such a dynamic biological process set to comprise one or more portions of one or more dynamic biological process sets. ### Claim 37 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing enables the body position to comprise one or more body position (a) locations, and/or (b) continuums. ### Claim 38 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing enables biometrically evaluating such body feature arrangement to include acquiring information regarding at least one portion of one or more blood vessels, irises, retinas, other facial components, hands, wrists, dermal components, and/or fingerprints. ### Claim 39 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing enables acquiring such biometric identification information to include performing acquiring of a human's near-existential or existential quality biometric identification information within an enclosure comprised of at least three walls and at least one environment anomaly sensing arrangement. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The method as in claim 39, wherein such providing further enables employing at least one sensor for securely monitoring the introduction of a tangible object presented as the human body feature arrangement into such enclosure. ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The method as in claim 39, wherein such providing further enables using at least one enclosure wall embedded or attached sensor arrangement to enable determining whether an enclosure inserted object is an authentic human body feature arrangement and/or an anomalous, inappropriately present object. ### Claim 42 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables using the at least one secure clock arrangement within such biometric signal sensing and signal information processing arrangement to time and/or date stamp one or more acquisition and/or authentication process set information sets. ### Claim 43 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables securely governing the person identification related process set to include using such biometric identification information and/or information derived therefrom at a time that is contemporaneous to such biometric identification information acquisition. ### Claim 44 (depends on 23) The method as in claim 23, wherein such providing further enables acquiring such biometric identification information to include producing near-existential or existential quality biometric identification information.