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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8443202 | Methods and systems for authenticating users A method of authenticating users to reduce transaction risks includes indicating a desire to conduct a transaction and determining whether the transaction requires access to protected resources. Moreover, the method determines whether inputted information is known, ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8443201 | Biometric authentication system, enrollment terminal, authentication terminal and authentication server The present invention captures user's biometric data during enrollment and converts it by a given conversion parameter to create a template. It creates verification information for the conversion parameter, and enrolls it in an authentication server together with th... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8443200 | Biometric verification for electronic transactions over the web A security system for electronic commerce for verifying the authenticity of a user including: a server authentication program installed in a web-server at a website of a web-service provider; a client software component downloaded and installed at a workstation of t... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8433922 | System and method of biometric authentication using multiple kinds of templates In additional enrollment of a template in a biometric authentication system, the template is automatically enrolled on the basis of a plurality of authentication results to assure a user's convenience and security. A post-migration authentication server receives a f... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8433921 | Object authentication system A system employing enrollment information and the quality of the enrollment information. The enrollment information includes data unique to the identification of a person. The system also stores biometric sensor quality information. When a person seeks to authentica... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8433920 | Method and system for authenticating reliable biometric data A method for authenticating biometric data. Comprising of a processor that measures the reliability of each bit in enrollment biometric data; by arranging the bits; encoding the enrollment biometric data in the decreasing order to produce an enrollment syndrome; arr... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8433919 | Two-level authentication for secure transactions A system and method provide efficient, secure, and highly reliable authentication for transaction processing and/or access control applications. A Personal Digital Key stores one or more profiles (e.g., a biometric profile) in a tamper-proof memory that is acquired ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8429416 | Method and apparatus of storage anti-piracy key encryption (SAKE) device to control data access for networks A method comprises performing an authentication of a user of a portable device, performing an authentication handshake between the portable device and a content server, wherein the portable device includes a USB plug that plugs directly into a USB port of a host com... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423785 | Authentication apparatus and portable terminal An authentication apparatus includes an imaging device having at least one of a macro imaging function, an auto focusing function and a zoom imaging function, an authentication device for authenticating a user through a face image picked up by the imaging device, an... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423784 | Position registering method, program and apparatus for terminal equipment Personal information is registered for each user by a personal information management unit, linking a subscribed terminal equipment number, terminal subscriber identification information and user charging identification information to biological information of a use... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423786 | Biometrics authentication method, media for individual authentication, and biometrics authentication device A biometrics authentication device which detects body characteristics, performs verification against registered biometrics data, and performs individual authentication, by which confidentiality is improved even when biometrics data is separated, distributed and stor... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417960 | Method for generating an encryption key using biometrics authentication and restoring the encryption key and personal authentication system A personal authentication system using biometrics information. The system orders, when an characteristic element in the biometrics information (such as a characteristic point in a fingerprint) can be expressed with two types of information (such as, for instance, a ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8412950 | Defining classification thresholds in template protection systems A method for configuring a biometric template protected authentication system wherein the desired classification threshold is first selected to optimize the trade-off between a false accept (FAR) and a false non match or reject rate (FRR) of the system, and then an ... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8412949 | Personal digital key initialization and registration for secure transactions A system and method provide efficient, secure, and highly reliable authentication for transaction processing and/or access control applications. A personal digital key (PDK) is programmed using a trusted programming device to initialize and/or register the PDK for u... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8407480 | Methods for secure enrollment and backup of personal identity credentials into electronic devices A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numb... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8392721 | Method and system to electronically identify and verify an individual presenting himself for such identification and verification A method and a system of electronically identifying and verifying an individual utilizing at least one biometric features of the individual is disclosed. The method includes the steps of activating an access apparatus with a means to capture at least one biometric f... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8386796 | Information processing apparatus and information management method An information processing apparatus includes a chip implemented therein to independently perform a predetermined process. The chip includes a storage unit that stores therein user signature information in which biometric information of a user and a user electronic s... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8380995 | Process for login of a computing device with a touchscreen A method, a system, and a computer-readable medium are provided for identifying a user on a computing device using biometric hand data. An indication is received that a hand of a user has been placed on a touchscreen of a computing device. The locations of a plurali... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8375218 | Pre-processing biometric parameters before encoding and decoding Biometric parameters acquired from human faces, voices, fingerprints, and irises are used for user authentication and access control. Because the biometric parameters are continuous and vary from one reading to the next, syndrome codes are applied to determine biome... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8370639 | System and method for providing secure access to an electronic device using continuous facial biometrics A facial biometric recognition system and method (100) for providing security for an electronic device (101) includes a digital camera (105) having a field of view for providing facial biometric images at a predetermined interval from a user of ... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8370640 | Simplified multi-factor authentication A reader element is associated with an identity verification element. The reader element has a biometric input device and is configured, through enrollment of a biometric element is used to encrypt a character sequence associated with the identity verification eleme... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8364971 | User authentication system and method A high security computer system and method that authenticates a user using iris recognition and liveliness detection. The method for authenticating the user to the secure system includes capturing an image of the user's face and generating an iris template from the ... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8364972 | Method of key generation using biometric features A system and method for generating an encryption key using physical characteristics of a biometric sample is described. In one embodiment, the biometric feature(s) from a sample are analyzed to generate a feature vector. After discretizing the feature(s), the result... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8359475 | System, method and program product for generating a cancelable biometric reference template on demand A system, method and program product for generating a cancelable biometric reference template on demand. The method includes creating, using a biometric application, a base reference template having a unique biometric template identifier that uniquely identifies bio... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8359476 | User authentication system and method for encryption and decryption A system configured to authenticate a user for encryption or decryption includes a user authentication apparatus, a computer-readable medium operable to communicate with the user authentication apparatus, and an encryption and decryption computer communicating with ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8356183 | Biometric authentication method and computer system A biometric authentication method for a computer system, the computer system comprising: a computer; and an authentication server, the biometric authentication method including steps of: extracting a first feature from the captured biometric information; generating ... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8352746 | Authorized anonymous authentication A method, program and system for processing data is disclosed. The method, program and system comprising the steps of: (a) receiving (e.g., during an enrollment process) a first biometric data and a first personal key, (b) processing the first biometric data and the... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8347106 | Method and apparatus for user authentication based on a user eye characteristic An information delivery device interacting with a user's eye, the device comprising an eye characteristic reader for reading at least one characteristic of the user's eye, a retinal projector for projecting information onto the retina, and an eye characteristic proc... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8341421 | System and method for enrolling in a biometric system The present invention is a system and method of enrolling potential system users for a biometric system for identity verification. Potential system user information is entered into the system, either by the user or a system operator, and is stored as a partially-ena... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8335926 | Computer system and biometric authentication apparatus for use in a computer system A computer system for identifying an individual using a biometric characteristic of the individual includes a biometric sensor for generating a first code, and a controller including a memory for storing the first code and a dynamic binary code conversion algorithm.... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8335927 | Authentication method and apparatus An authentication method for use in an apparatus having a function, a function to execute a first program that executes a predetermined process after first user authentication with biometrics authentication is performed and does not have a network connection functio... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8327152 | System and methods for assignation and use of media content subscription service privileges This invention describes a system and methods for media content subscription service distribution; typical services include cable television, premium content channels, pay-per-view, XM radio, and online mp3 services. Subscribers use portable electronic devices to st... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8327151 | Biometrics authentication method and biometrics authentication system A biometrics authentication system uses biometrics authentication media to simplify the process of issuing biometrics authentication media, and reduce issuing costs. A biometrics authentication application is downloaded from a server to a mobile communication termin... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8321685 | Method and apparatus for managing confidential information The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information using biometric keys to lock data storage devices, a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to facilitate identity r... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8321684 | Digital process and arrangement for authenticating a user of a telecommunications or data network Digital process for authentication of a user of a telecommunications or data network for access to protected data or a service reserved for a defined circle of users or for the use of data currently entered by the user, wherein a voice sample currently enunciated du... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8316028 | Biometric indexing and searching system A prototype biometric identification system is disclosed that indexes a biometric corpus into indexed-corpuses using a set of P prototypes before searching for a probe in a search corpus constructed based on the indexed-corpus. The system may index the biometric cor... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8316239 | Decoding information to allow access to computerized systems The presently claimed invention relates generally to gaining access to secure systems. One claim recites an apparatus including: an image or video sensor for capturing image or video data; and a multi-purpose computer processor configured to: decode machine-readable... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8312289 | Template renewal in helper data systems The invention provides a method for authenticating a physical object (OBJ) using a first helper data (W1) and a first control value (V1) associated with a reference object. The method comprises a step to generate a first property set (S1) using ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8312291 | Method and system for biometric authentication and encryption A biometric user authentication method, includes enrolling a user based on user's biometric samples to generate user's reference data; and authenticating the user based on a user's live biometric sample and the user's reference data; wherein enrolling a user include... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8312290 | Biometric method and apparatus and biometric data encryption method thereof A biometric method, a biometric apparatus, and a biometric data encryption method thereof are disclosed. In the biometric method and the biometric apparatus, a biometric data is quantified to obtain a quantified data. A one-way function is then performed to convert ... | 11/13/2012 |
