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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7172113 | System and method for creating a display card A system and method enables a user such as a visitor to a facility to create a photographic identification card for himself. The user terminal prompts a user to enter identifying information including his name, and takes a photograph of the user. An identification b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171293 | Vehicle drive system controller A drive system controller that improves the level of security for a vehicle. A main microcomputer activates an image recognizer when wireless communication is established with a portable device. The image recognizer images a vehicle occupant to generate image data a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167919 | Two-pass device access management Access control to a networked peripheral device by a walk-up user, wherein the networked peripheral device is accessible by both the walk-up user and a remote user, based on centralized access management information. Access control comprises receiving authenticated ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164754 | Control of access for telephone service providers using voice recognition A telecommunications network includes a plurality of subscriber stations, a plurality of network elements and a voice recognition module. The voice recognition module is associated with a network element and is configured to recognize at least one biometric voice pa... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164384 | Combination biometric and/or magnetic sensing functionalities and/or GPS with radio frequency transponder functionality on an intelligent label A intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a global positioning system, a magnetic field sensing system, and/or a fingerprint sensor system, all of which are attached to a substrate. Once the intelligent label utilizing a global position... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161468 | User authentication method and apparatus A user authentication method and apparatus including determining whether a password has been input; setting a first threshold value if the input password matches with a registered password and setting a second threshold value if the input password does not match wit... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162058 | Authentication system by fingerprint A fingerprint identification system comprising: an IC card having a tamper-resistance; and a reader/writer having a tamper-resistance for reading/writing information from/into the IC card. In the reader/writer, a fingerprint image, as read by a fingerprint input uni... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156301 | Foldable non-traditionally-sized RF transaction card system and method Transaction cards having one or more folds therein for compact and easily stored fobs are provided. Moreover, foldable fobs are provided having one or more holes or apertures therein for holding key chains, or other devices for attaching the fobs to other items, suc... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158053 | Method and apparatus for tracking aircraft and securing against unauthorized access A system for monitoring an aircraft receives navigation signals and deriving a position vector therefrom and also asserts an alert signal in the event that the altitude of the aircraft above ground level is less than a predetermined value. The system samples the pos... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154375 | Biometric safeguard method with a fob A method for facilitating biometric security in a transponder-reader transaction system is provided. The method includes determining if a transaction violates an established rule, such as a preset spending limit. The method also includes notifying a user to proffer ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155035 | Personal authentication method, personal authentication apparatus and image capturing device A plurality of iris images of a person to be authenticated in which the positions of extraneous light reflection are respectively different are captured by using an image capturing device. Iris codes, that is, features for authentication, are respectively extracted ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152045 | Tokenless identification system for authorization of electronic transactions and electronic transmissions A tokenless identification system and method for authorization of transactions and transmissions. The tokenless system and method are principally based on a correlative comparison of a unique biometrics sample, such as a finger print or voice recording, gathered dir... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148796 | Environmental monitoring device The disclosure is directed to a sensor device including processing circuitry, at least one sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, a serial data interface coupled to the processing circuitry and memory responsive to the processing circuitry. The memory includes ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142697 | Pose-invariant face recognition system and process A face recognition system and process for identifying a person depicted in an input image and their face pose. This system and process entails locating and extracting face regions belonging to known people from a set of model images, and determining the face pose fo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142089 | Vehicle management system A vehicle management system has an operation controller for controlling an operation of a vehicle by receiving a signal in a vehicle side mobile communication terminal provided at the vehicle, and an operating side mobile communication terminal capable of transmitti... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139414 | Method for removing static electricity in fingerprint-reading apparatus, fingerprint reading apparatus and data terminal provided with fingerprint-reading apparatus A data terminal is composed a main body provided with a fingerprint-reading apparatus and a main cover provided with a display. The main cover shields the fingerprint-reading apparatus when the data terminal is not used, and opens to expose the display bringing a si... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130452 | System and method for multi-party validation, authentication and/or authorization via biometrics A system and method for multi-party authentication is described. The multi-party authentication process uses synchronous and persistent biometrics signals received from parties to a transaction, based on a policy, to approve a transaction request. The biometrics sig... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7131132 | Automatic access denial A method for limiting access to a device to a particular authorized user. The method includes; obtaining visual data related to the appearance of a user of the device; processing the visual data to determine when the particular authorized user is present; allowing i... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127087 | Pose-invariant face recognition system and process A face recognition system and process for identifying a person depicted in an input image and their face pose. This system and process entails locating and extracting face regions belonging to known people from a set of model images, and determining the face pose fo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120607 | Business system and method using a distorted biometrics A method of doing business is disclosed that transforms a biometric used by a user in a transaction. The transformation creates a distorted biometric. The distorted biometric is used to identify the user to another party without requiring the user to provide actual ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119696 | System for ensuring driver competency A method and apparatus for detecting conditions that indicate unauthorized usage of a vehicle and for responding to the conditions that indicate the vehicle is being used in an unauthorized or unintended way. A vehicle computer is used to monitor conditions of a dri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116211 | Biometric authentication of hospitality-site customers A method and system for checking a guest into a hospitality site is provided. A biometric sample is captured from a guest using a biometric-sample-capture device to create a portable biometric profile. The biometric sample is compared to a biometric sample previousl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113071 | Intelligent locking system A method of using an electronic locking system to access one of a plurality of lockers includes programming the system by recording at least one biometric characteristic of a user, storing the recorded biometric characteristic of the user in memory, and associating ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114079 | Security access based on facial features A card based security system determines security access by comparing the facial features of the card owner with the facial features of an applicant that is requesting access to a secure item. The facial features of an authorized card owner are stored in a medium of ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111174 | Method and system for providing access to secure entity or service by a subset of N persons of M designated persons A security system for securing an entity or a service from indiscriminate access and a method for operating the same is disclosed. Each designated person of M designated persons is provided with a portable biometric device. Biometric data in dependence upon a biomet... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104449 | Method and apparatus for patterning cards, instruments and documents An instrument (e.g., a card or an optical data storage disc such as a CDROM) embodying the invention includes a pattern formed on or within the instrument, whereby the instrument, when illuminated by a light source, produces a unique output light pattern which can b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106843 | Computer-based method and apparatus for controlling, monitoring, recording and reporting telephone access A method and apparatus for managing institutional telephone activity utilizing a computer-based telephony management unit to connect institutional telephones with outside telephone lines. The unit provides institutional users with fully automated, direct dial and co... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095314 | Event reporting system with conversion of light indications into voiced signals A light-to-speech transforming circuit is coupled to an indicator light of a legacy security system. The transforming circuit detects flashes of the indicator light, interprets sequences of the flashes, and correlates the sequences to specific events monitored by th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094149 | Methods and systems for facilitating play at a gaming device by means of third party offers In accordance with embodiments of the present invention an offer is presented to a player (e.g., at a gaming device or a table game in a casino). The offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player's commitment to an obligation defined by the offer... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091826 | User authentication system using biometric information In a biometric information registration phase, an authentication server previously obtains user information and biometric information, and registers them in a user information management part and a biometric information registration part. An authentication software ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092553 | Multimodal biometry A multimodal biometric method is provided for authenticating at least one user, in which at least one user is assigned to one of at least two classes, in which similarity measures are used that are measures of the similarity of biometric data, determined for the use... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091845 | Data entry systems with biometric devices for security access control A security system incorporating one or more biometric data recognition capabilities in a non-intrusive way to enhance the overall security provided by the system. The biometric recognition may be provided by incorporating one or more cameras in a keypad system where... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088220 | Method and apparatus using biometric sensors for controlling access to a wireless communication device A wireless communication device (300) and corresponding system therein uses a plurality of biometric sensors (206, 208, 210) for assessing the identity of a user requesting access to a feature or service provided via the wireless communication device (... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079007 | Systems and methods utilizing biometric data Systems and methods perform access control and mobile identity verification utilizing a memory, maybe on a handheld device, that stores at least biometric data, such as minutia. The handheld device may also store other data, such as a threshold value and Wiegand dat... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076797 | Granular authorization for network user sessions Providing access to a mobile user session in a manner that more closely corresponds access to network resources to the trustworthiness of authentication methods and devices associated with the mobile user session. Characteristics of authentication methods associated... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076083 | Personnel access control system A system is provided for controlling access at a personnel control gate, comprising: a proximity reader (38) connected to the control gate (36) for controlling access through the control gate; and an ancillary reader (40) located adjacent to the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072526 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and recording medium The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and a recording medium for positioning a facial region at a predetermined position in a trimming region at a predetermined size ratio. A position of a top-of-head portion of a p... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069187 | Individual authentication apparatus, individual authentication method, and computer program An authentication processing apparatus for performing authentication based on a user's normal operation is provided. The authentication processing apparatus performs the authentication processing on the basis of operation information obtained from normally operating... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068256 | Entering and exiting power modes and activating hand writing presentation display triggered by electronic muscle material A portable computer system contained within a housing that comprises an electronic muscle material for performing a plurality of functions. The electronic muscle can sense when the portable computer is being handled. When handled, the electronic muscle material can ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064652 | Multimodal concierge for secure and convenient access to a home or building An improved method is provided for enrolling with a resource security system. The method includes: providing an access code to a system user; accessing the resource security system using the access code; prompting the user to input a biometric feature which identifi... | 06/20/2006 |
