Method of reducing fraud in connection with employment, public license applications, social security, food stamps, welfare or other government benefits

Claim 1

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said privilege within said electronically controlled data processor; (b) producing a currently processed refined biometric signature of a current applicant for said privilege; (c) comparing said currently processed refined biometric signature of said current applicant for said privilege with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the production of a close match of said currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures stored within said data processor; (e) producing tentative applicant reject signals in response to the production of said positive close match signals; (f) generating human recognizable representations of those closely matched refined biometric signatures which produced said tentative application reject signals for enabling comparison by a human being, thereby to tend to eliminate the effect of false positive match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous withholding of a privilege which could be otherwise extended to said applicant; (g) producing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant, said coarse biometric index being indicative of different types of coarse biometric characteristics; (h) inserting coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants into said data processor; (i) comparing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant with numerous coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said data bank; (j) producing a negative comparison signal upon a mismatch resulting from executing step (i); (k) omitting steps (c)-(f) in response to the production of said negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial processing labor which would otherwise be required; and (l) wherein the coarse biometric indexes compared in accordance with step (i) are representations of a plurality of different types of coarse biometric characteristics of persons matched, at least some of which are selected from the group consisting of sex, age, eye color, hair color, complexion, height, weight, facial feature parameters, slant of handwriting and handwriting readability.

Claim 2

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said privilege within said electronically controlled data processor; (b) producing a currently processed refined biometric signature of a current applicant for said privilege; (c) comparing said currently processed refined biometric signature of said current applicant for said privilege with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the production of a close match of said currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures stored within said data processor; (e) producing tentative applicant reject signals in response to the production of said positive close match signals; (f) generating human recognizable representations of those closely matched refined biometric signatures which produced said tentative application reject signals for enabling comparison by a human being, thereby to tend to eliminate the effect of false positive match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous withholding of a privilege which could be otherwise extended to said applicant; (g) producing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant, said coarse biometric index being indicative of different types of coarse biometric characteristics; (h) inserting coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants into said data processor; (i) comparing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant with numerous coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said data bank; (j) producing a negative comparison signal upon a mismatch resulting from executing step (i); (k) omitting steps (c)-(f) in response to the production of said negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial processing labor which would otherwise be required; and (l) wherein the coarse biometric indexes compared in accordance with step (i) are representations of a plurality of different types of coarse biometric characteristics of persons matched, at least some of which are selected from the group consisting of sex, age, eye color, hair color, complexion, height, weight, facial feature parameters, slant of handwriting and handwriting readability.

Claim 9

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said privilege within said electronically controlled data processor; (b) producing a currently processed refined biometric signature of a current applicant for said privilege; (c) comparing said currently processed refined biometric signature of said current applicant for said privilege with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the production of a close match of said currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures stored within said data processor; (e) producing tentative applicant reject signals in response to the production of said positive close match signals; (f) generating human recognizable representations of those closely matched refined biometric signatures which produced said tentative application reject signals for enabling comparison by a human being, thereby to tend to eliminate the effect of false positive match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous withholding of a privilege which could be otherwise extended to said applicant; (g) producing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant, said coarse biometric index being indicative of different types of coarse biometric characteristics; (h) inserting coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants into said data processor; (i) comparing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant with numerous coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said data bank; (j) producing a negative comparison signal upon a mismatch resulting from executing step (i); (k) omitting steps (c)-(f) in response to the production of said negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial processing labor which would otherwise be required; and (l) wherein said coarse biometric index comprises several sub-indexes and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (i) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 10

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said privilege within said electronically controlled data processor; (b) producing a currently processed refined biometric signature of a current applicant for said privilege; (c) comparing said currently processed refined biometric signature of said current applicant for said privilege with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the production of a close match of said currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures stored within said data processor; (e) producing tentative applicant reject signals in response to the production of said positive close match signals; (f) generating human recognizable representations of those closely matched refined biometric signatures which produced said tentative application reject signals for enabling comparison by a human being, thereby to tend to eliminate the effect of false positive match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous withholding of a privilege which could be otherwise extended to said applicant; (g) producing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant, said coarse biometric index being indicative of different types of coarse biometric characteristics; (h) inserting coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants into said data processor; (i) comparing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant with numerous coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said data bank; (j) producing a negative comparison signal upon a mismatch resulting from executing step (i); (k) omitting steps (c)-(f) in response to the production of said negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial processing labor which would otherwise be required; and (l) wherein said coarse biometric index comprises several sub-indexes and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (i) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 11

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within said electronically controlled data processor serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing a currently processed refined biometric signature of each current applicant for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (e) utilizing said close match signals to tentatively reject an application for said government benefits by a current applicant; (f) recording digital words representing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant within said data bank, said coarse biometric index being indicative of a plurality of different types of physical biometric characteristics shared in common with other approved applicants; (g) producing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant for government benefits; (h) comparing the coarse biometric index of said current applicant for government benefits with coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (i) producing a negative comparison signal in response to a coarse biometric index mismatch resulting from the execution of step (h); and (j) omitting steps (c)-(e) in response to the production of each negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial application processing time which would otherwise be required; and (k) wherein said coarse biometric index comprises several sub-indexes and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (h) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 12

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within said electronically controlled data processor serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing a currently processed refined biometric signature of each current applicant for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (e) utilizing said close match signals to tentatively reject an application for said government benefits by a current applicant; (f) recording digital words representing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant within said data bank, said coarse biometric index being indicative of a plurality of different types of physical biometric characteristics shared in common with other approved applicants; (g) producing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant for government benefits; (h) comparing the coarse biometric index of said current applicant for government benefits with coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (i) producing a negative comparison signal in response to a coarse biometric index mismatch resulting from the execution of step (h); and (j) omitting steps (c)-(e) in response to the production of each negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial application processing time which would otherwise be required; and (k) wherein said coarse biometric index comprises several sub-indexes and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (h) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 13

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within said electronically controlled data processor serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing a currently processed refined biometric signature of each current applicant for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (e) utilizing said close match signals to tentatively reject an application for said government benefits by a current applicant; (f) recording digital words representing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant within said data bank, said coarse biometric index being indicative of a plurality of different types of physical biometric characteristics shared in common with other approved applicants; (g) producing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant for government benefits; (h) comparing the coarse biometric index of said current applicant for government benefits with coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (i) producing a negative comparison signal in response to a coarse biometric index mismatch resulting from the execution of step (h); and (j) omitting steps (c)-(e) in response to the production of each negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial application processing time which would otherwise be required; and (k) further including the step of producing spot check signals at random intervals during processing of current applicants for said government benefit and causing steps (c)-(e) to be carried out only in response to a spot check signal associated with particular randomly selected current applicants, thereby to reduce processing times.

Claim 14

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within said electronically controlled data processor serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing a currently processed refined biometric signature of each current applicant for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (e) utilizing said close match signals to tentatively reject an application for said government benefits by a current applicant; (f) recording digital words representing a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant within said data bank, said coarse biometric index being indicative of a plurality of different types of physical biometric characteristics shared in common with other approved applicants; (g) producing a coarse biometric index of a current applicant for government benefits; (h) comparing the coarse biometric index of said current applicant for government benefits with coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said electronically controlled data processor; (i) producing a negative comparison signal in response to a coarse biometric index mismatch resulting from the execution of step (h); and (j) omitting steps (c)-(e) in response to the production of each negative comparison signal, thereby to save substantial application processing time which would otherwise be required; and (k) further including the step of producing spot check signals at random intervals during processing of current applicants for said government benefit and causing steps (c)-(e) to be carried out only in response to a spot check signal associated with particular randomly selected current applicants, thereby to reduce processing times.

Claim 16

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within a large electronically controlled data bank serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants stored within said large electronically controlled data bank; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with numerous refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data bank; (e) utilizing said close match signals to reject an application for said government benefits by said current applicant; (f) recording a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant within said data processor, said coarse biometric index being indicative of a plurality of different types of coarse biometric characteristics; (g) comparing the coarse biometric index of said current applicant for government benefits with coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (h) producing a negative comparison signal in response to a coarse biometric mismatch resulting from the execution of step (g); (i) omitting steps (c)-(e) in response to the production of each negative comparison signal, thereby to save application processing time which would otherwise be required; (j) and wherein said coarse biometric index comprises several sub-indexes and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-index effectively compared in accordance with step (g) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 17

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within a large electronically controlled data bank serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants stored within said large electronically controlled data bank; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with numerous refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data bank; (e) utilizing said close match signals to reject an application for said government benefits by said current applicant; (f) recording a coarse biometric index for each approved applicant within said data processor, said coarse biometric index being indicative of a plurality of different types of coarse biometric characteristics; (g) comparing the coarse biometric index of said current applicant for government benefits with coarse biometric indexes of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (h) producing a negative comparison signal in response to a coarse biometric mismatch resulting from the execution of step (g); (i) omitting steps (c)-(e) in response to the production of each negative comparison signal, thereby to save application processing time which would otherwise be required; (j) and wherein said coarse biometric index comprises several sub-indexes and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-index effectively compared in accordance with step (g) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 18

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within a large electronically controlled data processor serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicant stored within said large data electronically controlled data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with numerous refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (e) utilizing said close match signals to reject an application for said government benefits by said current applicant; and (f) further including the step of producing spot check signals at random intervals during processing of current applicants for said government benefit and causing steps (c)-(e) to be carried out only in response to a spot check signal associated with particularly randomly selected current applicants, thereby to reduce processing times.

Claim 19

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicants for said government benefits within a large electronically controlled data processor serving a protected area including a plurality of government benefit issue stations; (b) producing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants applying for said government benefits at said plurality of issue stations within said protected area; (c) comparing currently processed refined biometric signatures of current applicants for said government benefits with said refined biometric signatures of numerous approved applicant stored within said large data electronically controlled data processor; (d) producing close match signals upon the occurrence of a close match between each currently processed refined biometric signature with numerous refined biometric signatures of approved applicants stored within said data processor; (e) utilizing said close match signals to reject an application for said government benefits by said current applicant; and (f) further including the step of producing spot check signals at random intervals during processing of current applicants for said government benefit and causing steps (c)-(e) to be carried out only in response to a spot check signal associated with particularly randomly selected current applicants, thereby to reduce processing times.

Claim 21

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) recording a coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature for each previously processed person within a large electronically controlled data processor; (b) transmitting to said electronically controlled data processor a currently processed coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person; (c) addressing said electronically controlled data processor with a coarse biometric signature of a currently processed person under examination; (d) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with numerous coarse biometric signatures of previously processed persons stored within said electronically controlled data processor and producing a coarse biometric match signal upon the detection of a coarse biometric signature match; (e) in response to the production of a coarse biometric match signal in accordance with step (d), comparing said refined biometric signature of said currently processed person with a presently addressed refined biometric signature of a previously processed person stored in said electronically controlled data processor and producing a refined biometric signature close match signal upon the detection of a close refined biometric signature match; (f) following the production of said refined biometric signature close match signal, generating a human recognizable representation of those refined biometric signatures which produced refined biometric signature close match signals in accordance with step (e) for enabling comparison thereof by a human being, thereby to eliminate the effect of false positive refined biometric signature match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result a rejection of said applicant who may be entitled to said privilege; (g) should a coarse biometric positive match signal not be produced in accordance with step (d), omitting steps (e) and (f) and now comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with a next coarse biometric signature stored within said electronically controlled data processor of a next previously processed person, thereby to save substantial amounts of processing times; (h) repeating steps (b)-(g) for a next currently processed coarse biometric signature of a next currently processed person; and (i) wherein said coarse biometric signature comprises several coarse biometric sub-signatures and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-signatures effectively compared in accordance with step (d) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 22

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) recording a coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature for each previously processed person within a large electronically controlled data processor; (b) transmitting to said electronically controlled data processor a currently processed coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person; (c) addressing said electronically controlled data processor with a coarse biometric signature of a currently processed person under examination; (d) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with numerous coarse biometric signatures of previously processed persons stored within said electronically controlled data processor and producing a coarse biometric match signal upon the detection of a coarse biometric signature match; (e) in response to the production of a coarse biometric match signal in accordance with step (d), comparing said refined biometric signature of said currently processed person with a presently addressed refined biometric signature of a previously processed person stored in said electronically controlled data processor and producing a refined biometric signature close match signal upon the detection of a close refined biometric signature match; (f) following the production of said refined biometric signature close match signal, generating a human recognizable representation of those refined biometric signatures which produced refined biometric signature close match signals in accordance with step (e) for enabling comparison thereof by a human being, thereby to eliminate the effect of false positive refined biometric signature match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result a rejection of said applicant who may be entitled to said privilege; (g) should a coarse biometric positive match signal not be produced in accordance with step (d), omitting steps (e) and (f) and now comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with a next coarse biometric signature stored within said electronically controlled data processor of a next previously processed person, thereby to save substantial amounts of processing times; (h) repeating steps (b)-(g) for a next currently processed coarse biometric signature of a next currently processed person; and (i) wherein said coarse biometric signature comprises several coarse biometric sub-signatures and further including the step of selectively reducing the number of sub-signatures effectively compared in accordance with step (d) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 23

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) recording a coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature for each previously processed person within a electronically controlled data processor; (b) transmitting to said data processor a currently processed coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person; (c) addressing said data processor with a coarse biometric signature of a currently processed person under examination; (d) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with numerous coarse biometric signatures of previously processed persons stored within said data processor and producing a coarse biometric match signal upon the detection of a coarse biometric signature match; (e) in response to the production of a coarse biometric match signal in accordance with step (d), comparing said refined biometric signature of said currently processed person with a presently addressed refined biometric signature of a previously processed person stored in said data processor and producing a refined biometric signature close match signal upon the detection of a close refined biometric signature match; (f) following the production of said refined biometric signature close match signal, generating a human recognizable representation of those refined biometric signatures which produced refined biometric signature close match signals in accordance with step (e) for enabling comparison thereof by a human being, thereby to eliminate the effect of false positive refined biometric signature match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous rejection of said applicant; (g) should a coarse biometric positive match signal not be produced in accordance with step (d), omitting steps (e) and (f) and now comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with a next coarse biometric signature stored within said data bank of a next previously processed person, thereby to save substantial amounts of processing times; and (h) repeating steps (b)-(g) for a next currently processed coarse biometric signature of a next currently processed person; and wherein the coarse biometric signatures compared in accordance with step (d) are representations of several coarse biometric characteristics of persons matched, at least some of which are selected from the group consisting of sex, age, eye color, hair color, complexion, height, weight, facial feature parameters, slant of handwriting and handwriting readability.

Claim 24

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) recording a coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature for each previously processed person within a electronically controlled data processor; (b) transmitting to said data processor a currently processed coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person; (c) addressing said data processor with a coarse biometric signature of a currently processed person under examination; (d) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with numerous coarse biometric signatures of previously processed persons stored within said data processor and producing a coarse biometric match signal upon the detection of a coarse biometric signature match; (e) in response to the production of a coarse biometric match signal in accordance with step (d), comparing said refined biometric signature of said currently processed person with a presently addressed refined biometric signature of a previously processed person stored in said data processor and producing a refined biometric signature close match signal upon the detection of a close refined biometric signature match; (f) following the production of said refined biometric signature close match signal, generating a human recognizable representation of those refined biometric signatures which produced refined biometric signature close match signals in accordance with step (e) for enabling comparison thereof by a human being, thereby to eliminate the effect of false positive refined biometric signature match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous rejection of said applicant; (g) should a coarse biometric positive match signal not be produced in accordance with step (d), omitting steps (e) and (f) and now comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with a next coarse biometric signature stored within said data bank of a next previously processed person, thereby to save substantial amounts of processing times; and (h) repeating steps (b)-(g) for a next currently processed coarse biometric signature of a next currently processed person; and wherein the coarse biometric signatures compared in accordance with step (d) are representations of several coarse biometric characteristics of persons matched, at least some of which are selected from the group consisting of sex, age, eye color, hair color, complexion, height, weight, facial feature parameters, slant of handwriting and handwriting readability.

Claim 25

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) recording a coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature for each previously processed person within said large electronically controlled data processor; (b) transmitting to said data processor a currently processed coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person; (c) addressing said data processor with a coarse biometric signature of a currently processed person under examination; (d) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with numerous coarse biometric signatures of previously processed persons stored within said large data processor and producing a coarse biometric match signal upon the detection of a coarse biometric signature match; (e) in response to the production of a coarse biometric match signal in accordance with step (d), comparing said refined biometric signature of said currently processed person with a presently addressed refined biometric signature of a previously processed person stored in said data processor and producing a refined biometric signature close match signal upon the detection of a close refined biometric signature match; (f) following the production of said refined biometric signature close match signal, generating a human recognizable representation of those refined biometric signatures which produced refined biometric signature close match signals in accordance with step (e) for enabling comparison thereof by a human being, thereby to eliminate the effect of false positive refined biometric signature match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous rejection of said applicant; (g) should a coarse biometric positive match signal not be produced in accordance with step (d), omitting steps (e) and (f) and now comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with a next coarse biometric signature stored within said data processor of a next previously processed person, thereby to save substantial amounts of processing times; (h) repeating steps (b)-(g) for a next currently processed coarse biometric signature of a next currently processed person; (i) and wherein said coarse biometric signatures are represented by digital words and step (d) includes comparing said digital words in order to determine the presence of a positive match therebetween, thereby to enable high speed comparison of the coarse biometric signatures.

Claim 26

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) recording a coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature for each previously processed person within said large electronically controlled data processor; (b) transmitting to said data processor a currently processed coarse biometric signature and a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person; (c) addressing said data processor with a coarse biometric signature of a currently processed person under examination; (d) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with numerous coarse biometric signatures of previously processed persons stored within said large data processor and producing a coarse biometric match signal upon the detection of a coarse biometric signature match; (e) in response to the production of a coarse biometric match signal in accordance with step (d), comparing said refined biometric signature of said currently processed person with a presently addressed refined biometric signature of a previously processed person stored in said data processor and producing a refined biometric signature close match signal upon the detection of a close refined biometric signature match; (f) following the production of said refined biometric signature close match signal, generating a human recognizable representation of those refined biometric signatures which produced refined biometric signature close match signals in accordance with step (e) for enabling comparison thereof by a human being, thereby to eliminate the effect of false positive refined biometric signature match signals which tend to increase with large data banks, and which could result in an erroneous rejection of said applicant; (g) should a coarse biometric positive match signal not be produced in accordance with step (d), omitting steps (e) and (f) and now comparing said currently processed coarse biometric signature with a next coarse biometric signature stored within said data processor of a next previously processed person, thereby to save substantial amounts of processing times; (h) repeating steps (b)-(g) for a next currently processed coarse biometric signature of a next currently processed person; (i) and wherein said coarse biometric signatures are represented by digital words and step (d) includes comparing said digital words in order to determine the presence of a positive match therebetween, thereby to enable high speed comparison of the coarse biometric signatures.

Claim 29

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of approved applicants for said government benefits within a large electronically controlled data bank, which data bank is divided into a plurality of sub-banks, each serving to protect a given protected geographical area; (b) producing a currently processed refined biometric signature of a particular current applicant for a government benefit; (c) addressing a particular data sub-bank with said currently processed refined biometric signature of said particular applicant; (d) comparing said currently processed refined biometric signature of said particular applicant with refined biometric signatures of prior applicants stored within said particular data sub-bank; (e) producing a definitive positive match signal upon definitive matching of said currently processed refined biometric signature with a refined biometric signature stored within said data sub-bank; (f) producing an application reject signal in response to the production of said definitive positive match signal; (g) entering the currently processed refined biometric signature of said particular person under examination which produced said definitive positive match signal in a data sub-bank reject store associated with said particular data sub-bank; and (h) additionally recording said refined biometric signature which produced said definitive positive match signal in other reject stores associated with data sub-banks other than said particular data sub-bank, thereby to tend to prevent said particular applicant from fraudulently obtaining multiple government benefits by applying within geographical areas protected by said other data sub-banks.

Claim 30

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for thwarting cheaters from obtaining multiple government benefits comprising the steps of: (a) inserting refined biometric signatures of approved applicants for said government benefits within a large electronically controlled data bank, which data bank is divided into a plurality of sub-banks, each serving to protect a given protected geographical area; (b) producing a currently processed refined biometric signature of a particular current applicant for a government benefit; (c) addressing a particular data sub-bank with said currently processed refined biometric signature of said particular applicant; (d) comparing said currently processed refined biometric signature of said particular applicant with refined biometric signatures of prior applicants stored within said particular data sub-bank; (e) producing a definitive positive match signal upon definitive matching of said currently processed refined biometric signature with a refined biometric signature stored within said data sub-bank; (f) producing an application reject signal in response to the production of said definitive positive match signal; (g) entering the currently processed refined biometric signature of said particular person under examination which produced said definitive positive match signal in a data sub-bank reject store associated with said particular data sub-bank; and (h) additionally recording said refined biometric signature which produced said definitive positive match signal in other reject stores associated with data sub-banks other than said particular data sub-bank, thereby to tend to prevent said particular applicant from fraudulently obtaining multiple government benefits by applying within geographical areas protected by said other data sub-banks.

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A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting into said electronically controlled data processor coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons, each coarse biometric index representing a plurality of various different types of coarse biometric characteristics, and additionally inserting refined biometric signatures of previously processed persons representing refined biometric characteristics which tend to discriminate one person from the other in a more definitive manner than the coarse biometric characteristics; (b) producing a currently processed coarse biometric index of a currently processed person; (c) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric index of said currently processed person with numerous coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (d) producing coarse biometric index match signals upon matching of said currently processed coarse biometric index with coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (e) in response to the production of said coarse biometric index match signals, comparing a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person with refined biometric signatures of those previously processed persons which produced coarse biometric index match signals in accordance with step (d) in order to determine whether said currently processed person is the same person as a previously processed person; and (f) wherein the coarse biometric index compared in accordance with step (c) are each representations of several coarse biometric characteristics of persons being compared, at least some of which are selected from the group consisting of sex, age, eye color, hair color, complexion, height, weight, facial feature ratios, slant of handwriting and handwriting readability.

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A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting into said electronically controlled data processor coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons, each coarse biometric index representing a plurality of various different types of coarse biometric characteristics, and additionally inserting refined biometric signatures of previously processed persons representing refined biometric characteristics which tend to discriminate one person from the other in a more definitive manner than the coarse biometric characteristics; (b) producing a currently processed coarse biometric index of a currently processed person; (c) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric index of said currently processed person with numerous coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (d) producing coarse biometric index match signals upon matching of said currently processed coarse biometric index with coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (e) in response to the production of said coarse biometric index match signals, comparing a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person with refined biometric signatures of those previously processed persons which produced coarse biometric index match signals in accordance with step (d) in order to determine whether said currently processed person is the same person as a previously processed person; and (f) wherein the coarse biometric index compared in accordance with step (c) are each representations of several coarse biometric characteristics of persons being compared, at least some of which are selected from the group consisting of sex, age, eye color, hair color, complexion, height, weight, facial feature ratios, slant of handwriting and handwriting readability.

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A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting into said electronically controlled data processor coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons, each coarse biometric index representing a plurality of various different types of coarse biometric characteristics, and additionally inserting refined biometric signatures of previously processed persons representing refined biometric characteristics which tend to discriminate one person from the other in a more definitive manner than the coarse biometric characteristics; (b) producing a currently processed coarse biometric index of a currently processed person; (c) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric index of said currently processed person with numerous coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (d) producing coarse biometric index match signals upon matching of said currently processed coarse biometric index with coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (e) in response to the production of said coarse biometric index match signals, comparing a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person with refined biometric signatures of those previously processed persons which produced coarse biometric index match signals in accordance with step (d) in order to determine whether said currently processed person is the same person as a previously processed person; and (f) wherein said coarse biometric indexes are represented by an index word comprising several sub-indexes and further including the step of reducing, from time to time, the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (c) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

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A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting into said electronically controlled data processor coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons, each coarse biometric index representing a plurality of various different types of coarse biometric characteristics, and additionally inserting refined biometric signatures of previously processed persons representing refined biometric characteristics which tend to discriminate one person from the other in a more definitive manner than the coarse biometric characteristics; (b) producing a currently processed coarse biometric index of a currently processed person; (c) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric index of said currently processed person with numerous coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (d) producing coarse biometric index match signals upon matching of said currently processed coarse biometric index with coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (e) in response to the production of said coarse biometric index match signals, comparing a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person with refined biometric signatures of those previously processed persons which produced coarse biometric index match signals in accordance with step (d) in order to determine whether said currently processed person is the same person as a previously processed person; and (f) wherein said coarse biometric indexes are represented by an index word comprising several sub-indexes and further including the step of reducing, from time to time, the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (c) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

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A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting into said electronically controlled data processor coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons, each coarse biometric index representing a plurality of various different types of coarse biometric characteristics, and additionally inserting refined biometric signatures of previously processed persons representing refined biometric characteristics which tend to discriminate one person from the other in a more definitive manner than the coarse biometric characteristics; (b) producing a currently processed coarse biometric index of a currently processed person; (c) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric index of said currently processed person with numerous coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (d) producing coarse biometric index match signals upon matching of said currently processed coarse biometric index with coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (e) in response to the production of said coarse biometric index match signals, comparing a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person with refined biometric signatures of those previously processed persons which produced coarse biometric index match signals in accordance with step (d) in order to determine whether said currently processed person is the same person as a previously processed person; and (f) wherein step (e) is carried out by human visual inspection; and wherein said coarse biometric indexes are represented by an index word comprising several sub-indexes and further including the step of reducing, from time to time, the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (c) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.

Claim 42

A method of employing an electronically controlled data processor for determining whether a currently processed person under examination should be extended a privilege granted by society comprising the steps of: (a) inserting into said electronically controlled data processor coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons, each coarse biometric index representing a plurality of various different types of coarse biometric characteristics, and additionally inserting refined biometric signatures of previously processed persons representing refined biometric characteristics which tend to discriminate one person from the other in a more definitive manner than the coarse biometric characteristics; (b) producing a currently processed coarse biometric index of a currently processed person; (c) comparing said currently processed coarse biometric index of said currently processed person with numerous coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (d) producing coarse biometric index match signals upon matching of said currently processed coarse biometric index with coarse biometric indexes of previously processed persons stored within said data processor; (e) in response to the production of said coarse biometric index match signals, comparing a refined biometric signature of a currently processed person with refined biometric signatures of those previously processed persons which produced coarse biometric index match signals in accordance with step (d) in order to determine whether said currently processed person is the same person as a previously processed person; and (f) wherein step (e) is carried out by human visual inspection; and wherein said coarse biometric indexes are represented by an index word comprising several sub-indexes and further including the step of reducing, from time to time, the number of sub-indexes effectively compared in accordance with step (c) in order to decrease the number of coarse biometric mismatch signals to in turn increase the number of refined biometric signatures to be examined for examinations of greater importance.