US 2020/0228526 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT BIOMETRICALLY VERIFIED SECURE INFORMATION TRANSFER AND ACCESS CONTROL

Abstract

The inventive data processing system and method enable verifiable secure transfer of information between two or more parties, each having access to at least one identity verification system, utilizing a platform-independent architecture to enable verification of identities of parties sending and receiving secured information, and ensuring that only an authorized receiving party gains access to the secured information, regardless of the type, model, ownership and/or quantity of biometric identity verification (BIV) systems being utilized by each party. Parties desiring to securely transfer information between one another register at a central security management system, and each provide at least one biometric enrollment to their unique record configured for storing multiple BIV system enrollments for each party. Thereafter, the inventive system also enables any registered party to send, or make available, biometrically (and otherwise) secured information to the other party utilizing any available BIV system (or systems) that is compatible with one or more of their registered biometric enrollments, regardless of BIV system ownership, and without requiring local enrollment. The inventive system and method also provide an adaptive enrollment feature which enables the system to function automatically and transparently with new BIV systems that have not been previously enrolled by the user, if such systems produce enrollments that are sufficiently similar to the ones already stored in the user's record.

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Dependent claims

A data processing method for biometrically verifying at least one aspect of a transfer of information between a first party and a second party, comprising the steps of:

(a) indicating, by the first party to a centralized biometric security management system, with which the first and the second parties have previously registered, that the second party is an intended recipient of the information;
(b) causing, by the first party utilizing a first information transfer system, the information to be made available to the second party in accordance with a predetermined security policy configured by the first party, said first information transfer system comprising a first at least one biometric identity verification system, selected from a first plurality of biometric identity verification systems, being in communication with said centralized biometric security management system, and being operable to receive and to transmit the information;
(c) accessing the information by the second party utilizing a second information transfer system, comprising a second at least one biometric identity verification system selected from a second plurality of biometric identity verification systems, being in communication with said centralized biometric security management system, and operable to receive and transmit the information;
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(d) verifying, by said centralized biometric security management system in accordance with said predetermined security policy, an identity of at least one of the first and second parties to the other party, utilizing a corresponding at least one of said at least first, and at least second biometric identity verification system, wherein at least a portion of said first plurality of biometric identity verification systems comprises at least one compatibility difference from at feast a portion of said second plurality of biometric identity verification systems.

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System and method for platform-independent biometrically verified secure information transfer and access control

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System and method for platform-independent biometrically verified secure information transfer and access control

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