Dynamic identity matching in response to threat levels

A system for identifying one or more persons of interest that may reflect the identity of an individual, comprising:

• a receiver configured to:
• receive identification information associated with an individual;
• and
• receive environmental information, wherein the environmental information is indicative of a level of scrutiny that is to be applied to the received identification information;
• a processing component configured to:
• compare the received identification information with candidate information associated with each of a plurality of candidates;
• identify one or more of the plurality of candidates as persons of interest that may reflect the identity of the individual based at least in part on the comparison of the received identification information and the candidate information associated with each of the plurality of candidates;
• and
• cause one or more of the identified persons of interest to be displayed, wherein the number of displayed persons of interest is determined based at least in part on the level of scrutiny indicated by the environmental information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for:

• receiving identification information associated with an individual;
• receiving environmental information, wherein the environmental information is indicative of a level of scrutiny that is to be applied to the received identification information;
• comparing the received identification information with candidate information associated with each of a plurality of candidates;
• identifying one or more of the plurality of candidates as persons of interest that may reflect the identity of the individual based at least in part on the comparison of the received identification information and the candidate information associated with each of the plurality of candidates;
• and
• causing one or more of the identified persons of interest to be displayed, wherein the number of displayed persons of interest is determined based at least in part on the level of scrutiny indicated by the environmental information.