Method, system, personal security device and computer program product for cryptographically secured biometric authentication

US7787661B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Actividentity, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Eric Le Saint · Cupertino, US
• Dominique Louis Joseph Fedronic · Belmont, US
• John Jules Alexander Boyer · Ottawa, CA
• Hong Liu · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: May 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2221/2153
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system is used for authorizing access to a Personal Security Device. This system comprises a Personal Security Device 75 and another device 105 which is in functional communication with said Personal Security Device. Said Personal Security Device comprises identification information retrieval data and a biometric authentication application 200 which transfers said identification information retrieval data to said other device 105 in response to an identified match between biometric data sent by said other device and a predetermined biometric reference. Said other device 105 comprises a security executive application 230 for retrieving an Identification Information with at least said identification information retrieval data, thus generating a retrieved Identification Information, and transferring said retrieved Identification Information to said Personal Security Device 75. Said Personal Security Device comprises a security executive application 215 for authorizing access in response to an identified match between said transferred retrieved Identification Information and a predetermined Identification Information stored in said Personal Security Device.