Method for improving false acceptance rate discrimination for biometric authentication systems

A method for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, said method comprising:

• inputting from a user one or more biometric samples;
• selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more biometric samples;
• processing at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of processing units to at least provide said intermediate results;
• and
• arbitrating said intermediate results by a security token to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy, wherein said selected set of processing units is selected at least in part by at least one of the following:
• (i) heuristically using either quality factors or matching scores determined from said one or more biometric samples;
• or
• (ii) implementation of one or more pre-established security policies.

A method for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, said method comprising:

• inputting from a user one or more biometric samples;
• selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more biometric samples;
• processing at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of processing units to at least provide said intermediate results;
• and
• arbitrating said intermediate results by a security token to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy, wherein said plurality of available processing units comprises a plurality of discrete biometric processing applications, and wherein said plurality of discrete biometric processing applications are distributed among a plurality of operatively networked computer systems.

A method for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, said method comprising:

• inputting from a user one or more biometric samples;
• selecting from among a plurality of available processing units, a set of processing units which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more biometric samples;
• processing at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of processing units to at least provide said intermediate results;
• and
• arbitrating said intermediate results by a security token to generate a final result which at least meets a predetermined security policy, wherein at least one of said selected set of processing units is an authentication server.

A system for providing error discrimination in a biometric authentication system, comprising:

• at least one computer system including;
• one or more operatively coupled biometric input sections;
• an operatively coupled security token and
• a plurality of biometric processing sections that:
• receive one or more biometric samples inputted by a user via said one or more biometric input sections,
• select from among said plurality of biometric processing units, a set of biometric processing sections which will generate intermediate results from the processing of said inputted one or more of biometric samples,
• process at least a portion of said inputted one or more biometric samples by said selected set of biometric processing sections to at least provide said intermediate results, and
• arbitrate said intermediate results to generate a final result which at least meets said predetermined security policy, wherein at least a portion of said arbitrate is performed by said security token, and wherein said arbitrate is performed by a plug-in module operative stored inside said security token.

A system for reducing error rates associated with biometric verification and identification systems, comprising:

• at least one computer system including;
• a first processor;
• a security token operatively coupled to said first processor;
• one or more biometric scanners coupled to said first processor;
• a first memory operatively coupled to said first processor;
• at least one biometric processing application operatively stored in at least a portion of said first memory;
• said at least one biometric processing application having logical instructions executable by said first processor to:
• receive one or more biometric samples inputted by a user via said one or more biometric scanners;
• select from among a plurality of available biometric processing applications, a set of biometric processing applications which will generate intermediate results by processing said one or more biometric samples;
• cause at least a portion of said one or more biometric samples to be processed by said selected set of biometric processing applications to at least provide said intermediate results, and
• cause said intermediate results to be arbitrated by said security token into a final result;
• and
• said security token including;
• a second processor;
• a second memory;
• at least one token biometric processing application operatively stored in a portion of said second memory having logical instructions executable by said second processor to arbitrate said final result from said intermediate results in accordance with a predetermined security policy, wherein said at least one token biometric processing application is a plug-in module;
• and
• said predetermined security policy operatively stored in another portion of said second memory.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software that is executable by at least one processor, the software including executable instructions for causing said at least one processor to:

• receive one or more biometric samples inputted by a user via one or more biometric scanners;
• select from among a plurality of available biometric processing applications, a set of biometric processing applications which will generate intermediate results by processing said one or more inputted biometric samples;
• cause at least a portion of said one or more biometric samples to be processed by said selected set of processing applications to at least provide said intermediate results, and
• cause said intermediate results to be arbitrated by another processor into a final result, wherein said another processor is associated with a security token, and wherein said arbitrating is performed by a plug-in module operatively installed inside said security token.