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Verification method of biometric authentication

US11032079B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 2018
Grant dateJun 8, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/42
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for processing biometric data performed by a proof entity and a verification entity; the proof entity having a biometric candidate datum, a biometric reference datum, a hash value of the biometric reference datum, a hash value of the biometric candidate datum; the verification entity having only the hash value of the biometric candidate datum; the method including steps of: generation by a data-processing unit of the proof entity of a zero-knowledge proof of the assumption that the biometric candidate datum and the biometric reference datum coincide; transmission to the verification entity of said zero-knowledge proof, the hash value of the biometric candidate datum, and the hash value of the biometric reference datum; verification by a data-processing unit of the verification entity that the zero-knowledge proof is valid, and that the hash value received from the biometric candidate datum corresponds to the one the verification entity has.

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