Method and apparatus for eye-scan authentication using a liquid lens

A tangible computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a credit card company, cause the processor to perform operations for authenticating a first retinal image, the operations comprising:

• receiving, by the credit card company, a request for authentication from a mobile endpoint device of a user over a network, wherein the request comprises the first retinal image of the user captured using an adaptive liquid lens and a second lens of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the first retinal image of the user comprises a near-field image;
• obtaining a second retinal image of the user, wherein the second retinal image is a stored retinal image of the user;
• authenticating the first retinal image against the second retinal image;
• and
• forwarding authentication information of the user to a third party merchant.

A method for authenticating a first retinal image, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor of a credit card company, a request for authentication from a mobile endpoint device of a user over a network, wherein the request comprises the first retinal image of the user captured using an adaptive liquid lens and a second lens of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the first retinal image of the user comprises a near-field image;
• obtaining, by the processor, a second retinal image of the user, wherein the second retinal image is a stored retinal image of the user;
• authenticating, by the processor, the first retinal image against the second retinal image;
• and
• forwarding, by the processor, authentication information of the user to a third party merchant.