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US 2006/0069922 A1Published application
Visual authentication of user identity
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsLenka Jelinek, Muthu Kumar, Gunner Danneels
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Abstract
An apparatus for visually authenticating a user, the apparatus including a digital device, a camera coupled to said digital device, and an identity module coupled to said digital device and including a secured memory with a photo image of the user stored therein.
Claims36
An apparatus, comprising:
- a digital device;
- and
- an identity module coupled to said digital device and including a secured memory to store a photo image of a user to be used for verifying the identity of the user.
A method, comprising:
- providing at least one of the group consisting of hardware, software, and firmware to enable an identity module to store a photo image of a user in a secure memory portion of the identity module, wherein the identity module is for coupling with a digital communications device and the photo image is to be used for authorizing a transaction of the user.
A method, comprising:
- receiving information about a purchase transaction;
- requesting a photo image of a purchaser that is stored in a secure memory portion of a digital communications device of the purchaser;
- and
- authorizing the purchase transaction based on the photo image.
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A machine accessible medium containing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform at least one operation comprising:
- storing, in a secure memory portion of an identity module, a photo image of a user, the photo image to be used when authorizing a commercial transaction of the user.
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A system, comprising:
- a point of sale terminal;
- a commercial transaction authorization module coupled to the point of sale terminal;
- and
- a digital device to communicate with said point of sale terminal, said digital device including an identity module coupled to said digital device and including a secured memory to store a photo image of a user to be used for verifying the identity of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.