System and method for nameless biometric authentication and non-repudiation validation
AssigneeAmerican Exrpess Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
InventorsJames F. Petrone, Mark S. Merkow
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for authenticating a requestor using a previously-stored biometric print. Records are stored in a database, where each record contains a previously-stored biometric print corresponding to an individual and is disassociated from an identity of the individual. An identifier and a biometric sample are requested from the requester. The identifier is then used to locate one of the plurality of records corresponding to the requestor. The requestor is authenticated if the biometric sample matches the previously-stored biometric print.
Claims9
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to authenticate a requestor using a previously-stored biometric print, said control logic comprising:
- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to store a plurality of records in a biometric print database, each record containing a previously-stored biometric print corresponding to an individual, and being disassociated from an identity of the individual stored in a customer database, the customer database and the biometric print database being de-linked;
- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to request an identifier from the requestor;
- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to request a biometric sample from the requestor;
- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to encrypt the identifier after receipt;
- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to match the encrypted identifier, in its encrypted form, with one of the plurality of records that corresponds to the requestor, wherein the encrypted identifier is associated with the one of the plurality of records corresponding to the requestor;
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- computer readable program code means for causing the computer to authenticate the requestor in response to the biometric sample matches matching the previously-stored biometric print, whereby an authenticated requestor is permitted to perform a transaction.
A method for authenticating a requestor using a previously-stored biometric print, comprising:
- storing, by a computer, a plurality of records in a biometric print database, each record containing a previously-stored biometric print corresponding to an individual and being disassociated from an identity of the individual stored in a customer database, the customer database and the biometric print database being de-linked;
- requesting an identifier from the requestor;
- requesting a biometric sample from the requestor;
- encrypting, by the computer, the identifier after receipt;
- matching, by the computer, the encrypted identifier, in its encrypted form, with one of the plurality of records that corresponds to the requestor, wherein the encrypted identifier is associated with the one of the plurality of records corresponding to the requestor;
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- authenticating, by the computer, the requestor in response to the biometric sample matching the previously-stored biometric print, whereby an authenticated requestor is permitted to perform a transaction.
A system for authenticating a requestor using a previously-stored biometric print, comprising:
- a biometric print database for storing a plurality of records, each record containing a previously-stored biometric print corresponding to an individual and being disassociated from an identity of the individual stored in a customer database, the customer database and the biometric print database being de-linked;
- a query engine operable to request a user identifier and a biometric sample from the requestor;
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- an authentication engine operable to encrypt the identifier after receipt, and then match the encrypted identifier, in its encrypted form, with one of the plurality of records that corresponds to the requestor, wherein the encrypted identifier is associated with the one of the plurality of records corresponding to the requestor, and to authenticate the requestor in response to the biometric sample matching the previously-stored biometric print, whereby an authenticated requestor is permitted to perform a transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.