System and method for biometric verification in a delivery process
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAllan Stuart Algazi, Salvatore Anthony Sparacino
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Abstract
Described is a method and system for providing a verified delivery of a package. First, registration information is obtained from a recipient; the registration information includes a biometric identification of the recipient. A delivery service obtains the package from a sender which is addressed to the recipient and forwards the package to the recipient. At the point of delivery, the delivery service obtains a further biometric identification from the recipient using a portable device which includes a biometric reader. The delivery service releases the package to the recipient only if the biometric identification is substantially identical to the further biometric identification.
Claims12
A method for providing verified delivery of an item, comprising:
- registering a recipient prior to receiving an item, the registration comprising obtaining biometric identification data from the recipient, storing the biometric identification data in a database, and issuing an identification card to the recipient comprising the biometric identification data and a signature sample from the recipient;
- scanning a barcode of the issued card at a point of delivery using a barcode scanner of a portable device, the barcode comprising the biometric identification data;
- obtaining biometric information from the recipient upon delivery of the item using a biometric scanner of the portable device;
- comparing the biometric identification data obtained from the card and the biometric information obtained from the biometric scanner to the biometric information stored in the database;
- obtaining a signature from the recipient upon delivery of the item using a signature pad of the portable device;
- comparing the signature sample obtained from the card and the signature obtained from the recipient;
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- releasing the item to the recipient based on the comparison of the biometric information and the signature.
A portable electronic device for verifying delivery of an item, comprising:
- a communications arrangement having access to a recipient verification record for a recipient of the item, the recipient verification record including biometric identification data stored in a database;
- a barcode scanner scanning a barcode included on an identification card presented by the recipient at a point of delivery using the portable device, the barcode comprising a copy of the biometric identification data stored in the database, the identification card further comprising a signature sample from the recipient;
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- a processor comparing the copy of the biometric identification data and the biometric identification data stored in the database and the signature sample obtained from the card and a signature obtained from the recipient to verify an identity of the recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.