US 2006/0213970 A1 · Smart authenticating card

Abstract

An authenticating card 10 for use in a transaction includes a memory 15 and a processor 20. Biometric data of an authorized user of the card 10 are stored in the memory 15 when the card is used for the first time. The processor 20 receives acquired biometric information 25 of the user and allows the transaction when there is a match between the acquired biometric information 25 and the stored biometric data. The biometric information 25 of the user desiring to perform the transaction may be acquired by an input device or reader 30, such as a scanner, recorder or a digital tablet. The biometric information 25 and data may be the user's signature, voice print, palm print, finger print, length of finger(s), or eye scan.

Claims26

Dependent claims

An authenticating card for use in a transaction comprising:

a memory which is configured to store biometric data of an authorized user of said authenticating card;
and
a processor which is configured to receive biometric information of said authorized user and to allow said transaction when there is a match between said biometric information and said biometric data.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/555,549Filed 5 May 2004

Priority

8 May 2003

Published

28 Sep 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G07F 7/1008
Together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric…
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06F 21/34
User authentication: involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
G06K 19/073
With integrated circuit chips: special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory

Smart authenticating card

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