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Anonymous association system utilizing biometrics

US8320638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 2008
Grant dateNov 27, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 29, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/06
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments are a device and a related method for interaction with an anonymous database system, the device including: a biometric input; a communicator configured to retrieve a key stored in a first enrollment process, retrieve an institution identifier and a user identifier stored in a second enrollment process, and retrieve user data from an institution database corresponding to the institution identifier; and a display that displays the retrieved user data. Furthermore, various exemplary embodiments are a system and related method including: a plurality of biometric nodes in communication with one another, each of the plurality of biometric nodes comprising a biometric input; at least one central database in communication with the plurality of biometric nodes; and a plurality of institution databases in communication with the plurality of biometric nodes.

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