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Centralized biometric authentication

US8082154B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26References

20Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Brian M. Novack · Chesterfield, US
Daniel Madsen · Bunker, US
Timothy R. Thompson · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2007
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2203/6054
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A communications system obtains verification of an expected identity of a party from a remote centralized biometric system over a communications network. A forwarder forwards, over the communications network to the remote centralized biometric system when the party attempts to obtain a service using the communications system, a biometric sample from the party and information characterizing the expected identity of the party. A receiver receives, over the communications network from the remote centralized biometric system, verification that the biometric sample matches biometric information obtained by the remote centralized biometric system from a storage such that the expected identity of the party is verified as the identity of the party. The service is provided contingent on verification of the expected identity of the party as the identity of the party.

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