Document and bearer verification system
OwnerBruce C. Monkinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and a method are disclosed for verifying the identity of applicants applying for documents, issued documents, and the identity of bearers of documents by obtaining information from the applicants, the documents and/or their bearers, identifying which of a plurality of secure, remote databases contain information needed to verifying the obtained information, comparing the obtained information with information stored in the identified database(s) to verifying the obtained information without disclosing database information to any persons, and providing an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified database(s).
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A method for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are a plurality of databases with information about the persons and the documents, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying the ones of the plurality of databases that contain information necessary for verifying the obtained information;
- comparing the information from the identified databases with the obtained information to verify the latter without disclosing database information to anyone;
- and
- providing an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified databases.
Apparatus for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents, to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are databases with information about the persons and the documents, said apparatus comprising:
- means for identifying the databases that contain information necessary for verifying the obtained information;
- means for comparing the information from the identified databases with the obtained information to verify the latter without disclosing database information to anyone;
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- means for providing an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified databases.
A method for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are databases with information about the persons and the documents, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information from persons and/or from documents from at least one terminal;
- identifying the databases that contain information necessary for verifying the obtained information;
- forwarding the obtained information to one or more servers that have access to the information in the identified databases;
- comparing the information from the identified databases with the obtained information in the server to verify the obtained information without disclosing database information to anyone;
- providing an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified databases;
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- returning the match indications to the terminal from which the obtained information that was compared to database information was originally sent.
Apparatus for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents, to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are databases with information about the persons and the documents, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one terminal at which information is obtained from persons and/or from documents;
- an information verification server for identifying the databases that contain information necessary for verifying the information obtained at ones of the terminals;
- at least one trust authority server associated with at least one of the databases, and the obtained information is forwarded via the information verification server to the trust authority server associated with the identified databases, and the trust authority server compares the obtained information forwarded to it to verify the obtained information without disclosing database information to anyone;
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- wherein the trust authority server provides an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified databases, and the information match indication is returned via the information verification server to the terminal from which the obtained information was originally sent for verification.
A method for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are multiple databases with information about the persons and the documents, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying the ones of the multiple databases that contain information necessary for verifying the obtained information;
- forwarding the obtained information to one or more servers that have access to the information in the identified databases to verify the obtained information without disclosing database information to anyone;
- and
- receiving an indication from the one or more servers indicating whether or not the obtained information matches the information in the identified databases.
A method for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are multiple databases with information about the persons and the documents, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request at one or more servers that have access to information in ones of the multiple databases needed to verify the information obtained from the persons and/or from the documents without disclosing database information to anyone;
- comparing the obtained information with information in the last mentioned ones of the multiple databases at the one or more servers to verifying the obtained information;
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- forwarding an indication from the one or more servers whether or not the obtained information matches the information in any of the multiple databases.
A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are multiple databases with information about the persons and the documents, the executable program instructions comprising program instructions for:
- identifying ones of the multiple databases that contain information necessary for verifying the obtained information;
- comparing the information from the identified databases with the obtained information to verify the latter without disclosing database information to anyone;
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- providing an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified databases.
A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions for verifying biometric and/or other information obtained from persons and/or from documents to verify the identity of the persons and/or the validity of the documents, while protecting the privacy of the persons, where there are multiple databases with information about the persons and the documents, the executable program instructions comprising program instructions for:
- obtaining information from persons and/or from documents from at least one terminal;
- identifying the ones of the multiple databases that contain information necessary for verifying the obtained information;
- forwarding the obtained information to one or more servers that have access to the information in the identified databases;
- comparing the information from the identified databases with the obtained information in the server to verify the obtained information without disclosing database information to anyone;
- providing an indication whether or not the obtained information matches the information from the identified databases;
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- returning the match indications to the terminal from which the obtained information that was compared to database information was originally sent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.