US 7,412,604 B1Granted

Using biometrics on pervasive devices for mobile identification

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorRonald P. Doyle

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Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for using biometrics on pervasive devices for purposes of mobile identification. A biometric device of the prior art is attached to, or incorporated within, a pervasive device. This augmented pervasive device may then be used for capturing biometric information from an arbitrary third party in an arbitrary location. The captured information is analyzed to determine the third party's identification, access rights, etc. as needed by a particular application. This solution capitalizes on the portability and functionality of the pervasive device, as well as its built-in communication capability, to provide an extremely flexible, powerful biometric identification technique at relatively low cost.

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Dependent claims

A method for using biometrics on pervasive, devices for mobile identification, said method comprising the steps of:

capturing, using a biometric input reader attached to or incorporated within a mobile pervasive device possessed by a user, biometric data of another being encountered by said possessor;
transmitting said captured biometric data from said mobile pervasive device to a remote server;
retrieving, by said remote server, information from a repository using said transmitted biometric data, wherein said retrieved information comprises a photograph of a party to whom said biometric data corresponds;
returning said retrieved information to said mobile pervasive device;
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identifying said encountered being using said captured biometric data by comparing said captured biometric data to previously-stored biometric data.

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