US6208264B1
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Personal verification in a commercial transaction system
Assignee: AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SERVICE FIDUCIA LLC
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Filing: 1998-05-21
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Granted: 2001-03-27
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Expires: 2018-05-21
Abstract
Abstract A financial transaction customer carries a card key containing a unique, machine-readable code. The code is an encrypted data set representing the user's thumbprint. A scanning system senses the user's thumbprint on or adjacent the card key as he turns the card key in a keyhole. The code and thumbprint are read by laser and must match previously recorded data before an indication of satisfactory identification can be returned. The identification system further includes a centralized database containing data and processing software for recognizing the encoded card keys of the system, in addition to data and processing software for authenticating a user's thumbprint. A network links this centralized database to a number of remote terminals at sites where identification is required. Such a distributed network is common in today's identification systems involving more than one remote site.
Inventors
- 👤 Monty T. Bradney
- 👤 Walter L. Stairhime, Jr.
- 👤 Herbert Wayne Reid
- 👤 George Warfel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:42
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4014; G06Q20/40145; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/22; G07C9/25; G07C9/257; G07C9/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A personal identification system comprising: a. a personal identification key encoded therein with fingerprint data, the fingerprint data inaccessible for scanning from outside the key; b. a scanner to receive the key and to scan the fingerprint data in the key, the key comprising: i. a hollow tube to receive the scanner; ii. a print film on top of the tube; iii. an optical data film for permanently storing the encoded fingerprint data; and iv. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film; c. a centralized data and processing unit in communication with the scanner; d. a comparator to compare the data scanned by the scanner with data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit; and e. an arbitrator to determine a match between the fingerprint data encoded in the personal identification key and the data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A personal identification system comprising: a. a personal identification key encoded therein with fingerprint data, the fingerprint data inaccessible for scanning from outside the key; b. a scanner to receive the key and to scan the fingerprint data in the key, the key comprising: i. a hollow tube to receive the scanner; ii. a print film on top of the tube; iii. an optical data film for permanently storing the encoded fingerprint data; and iv. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film; c. a centralized data and processing unit in communication with the scanner; d. a comparator to compare the data scanned by the scanner with data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit; and e. an arbitrator to determine a match between the fingerprint data encoded in the personal identification key and the data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The personal identification system of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a lip to temporarily latch the key to the scanner during a scan.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The personal identification system of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a top cover and a bottom cover.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The personal identification system of claim 3 , wherein the top cover includes a window through which a finger print is scanned.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The personal identification system of claim 4 , wherein the window defines a bowl to conform to a thumb.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The personal identification system of claim 3 , wherein the bottom cover includes a ridge across the outer bottom of the cover that conforms to an index finger of a user.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
124 words
The personal identification system of claim 1 , wherein the scanner includes: a. a source of laser light; b. a beam splitter to split the laser light into an upper laser beam and a lower laser beam; c. a scanning element to scan the upper and lower laser beams; d. an upper scan mirror to reflect the upper laser beam onto a finger print of a user and to receive light reflected from the finger print; e. a lower scan mirror to reflect the lower laser beam onto the encoded finger print data and to receive light reflected from the encoded finger print data; and f. a photosensitive element to receive reflected laser light from the upper scan mirror and the lower scan mirror.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The personal identification system of claim 7 , wherein the scanning element receives reflected laser light from the upper scan mirror and the lower scan mirror and reflects that light onto the photosensitive element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
A personal identification key comprising: a. a hollow tube to receive a light scanner; b. a print film on top of the tube; c. an optical data film for permanently storing encoded fingerprint data; and d. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
A personal identification key comprising: a. a hollow tube to receive a light scanner; b. a print film on top of the tube; c. an optical data film for permanently storing encoded fingerprint data; and d. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The personal identification system of claim 9 , wherein the cover includes a lip to temporarily latch the key to the scanner during a scan.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The personal identification system of claim 9 , wherein the cover comprises a top cover and a bottom cover.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The personal identification system of claim 11 , wherein the top cover includes a window through which a finger print is scanned.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The personal identification system of claim 12 , wherein the window defines a bowl to conform to a thumb.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The personal identification system of claim 11 , wherein the bottom cover includes a ridge across the outer bottom of the cover that conforms to an index finger of a user.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
173 words
A method of personal identification comprising the steps of: a. permanently storing encoded finger print data on an optical data film; b. mounting the optical data film in a windowed key in which the encoded fingerprint data is not scannable from outside the key, the key comprising: i. a hollow tube to receive a laser light scanner; ii. a print film on top of the tube; iii. an optical data film for permanently storing the encoded fingerprint data; and iv. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film; c. simultaneously scanning the encoded finger print data and a finger print with a laser light; d. receiving light reflected from the optical data film and the finger print; e. processing the received light to determine coincidence between the encoded finger print data and the finger print; f. upon a threshold degree of coincidence in step e., indicating a satisfactory scan; and g. upon failure of a threshold degree of coincidence in step e., indicating an unsatisfactory scan.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
173 words
A method of personal identification comprising the steps of: a. permanently storing encoded finger print data on an optical data film; b. mounting the optical data film in a windowed key in which the encoded fingerprint data is not scannable from outside the key, the key comprising: i. a hollow tube to receive a laser light scanner; ii. a print film on top of the tube; iii. an optical data film for permanently storing the encoded fingerprint data; and iv. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film; c. simultaneously scanning the encoded finger print data and a finger print with a laser light; d. receiving light reflected from the optical data film and the finger print; e. processing the received light to determine coincidence between the encoded finger print data and the finger print; f. upon a threshold degree of coincidence in step e., indicating a satisfactory scan; and g. upon failure of a threshold degree of coincidence in step e., indicating an unsatisfactory scan.
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