Anonymous association system utilizing biometrics
an association system and biometric technology, applied in the field of anonymous association system utilizing biometric technology, can solve the problems of inability to associate the accounts of the bank with the accounts of the client's account at another institution, the identity of the individual and the risk of important private data, such as financial and medical records, are not currently used in the system of authentication and authorization,
Inactive Publication Date: 2013-03-28
DIGNITY HEALTH
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This approach provides secure, high-certainty authentication and authorization without exposing individual identities, enhancing privacy and security by using biometric data to manage access and aggregation of data across multiple databases.
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There are, however, inherent problems with the systems currently used to implement authentication and authorization.
While an individual bank may be able to associate various accounts held by a client at its own institution, the bank typically has no way to associate the accounts with the client's accounts at other institutions.
In present systems, unfortunately, the need to identify the individual raises a number of privacy concerns.
Thus, given the potential, if not certainty, of security failure in any Internet connected system, the individual's identity and important private data, such as financial and medical records, are at risk.
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[0032]Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals refer to like components or steps, there are disclosed broad aspects of various exemplary embodiments.
[0033]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a biometric node 100. Biometric node 100 includes biometric input 110, biometric indicator 120, communicator 130, connection indicator 140, display 150, alphanumeric input 160, power connector 170, computer interface 180, and card slot 190.
[0034]In various exemplary embodiments, biometric input 110 is a component configured to obtain a biometric reading to uniquely identify an individual. Thus, in various exemplary embodiments, biometric input 110 is a fingerprint reader. Accordingly, when an individual presses a thumb or finger against biometric input 110, biometric input 110 scans the thumb or finger and encodes the reading into a digital representation of the biometric. It should be apparent that any encoding method known to those of ordinary skill in the a...
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Various exemplary embodiments relate to an anonymous database system. The system includes a plurality of biometric nodes in communication with one another. Each of the plurality of biometric nodes includes a biometric input that receives biometric data from a user. The system also includes at least one central database in communication with the plurality of biometric nodes; and a plurality of institution databases in communication with the plurality of biometric nodes. A first node of the plurality of biometric nodes is configured to receive a message from a second node of the plurality of biometric nodes, the message requesting authorization of data access by the second node. Various embodiments relate to a method for performing an action requiring multiple levels of authentication using an anonymous database system.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of parent U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 081,070 filed on Apr. 10, 2008. The entire disclosure of the prior application is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates generally to a device and related systems and methods for anonymously storing and accessing data utilizing biometrics.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]Identity management systems typically serve two fundamental purposes, authentication and authorization. Authentication refers to the process used to verify a person's identity. In other words, verifying that a person is who they claim to be. Authorization, on the other hand, refers to the process of establishing access privileges granted to the authenticated individual. Authentication and authorization form the cornerstones of traditional identity management.[0006]In data intensive industrie...
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IPC IPC(8): G06F21/62
CPCG06F21/32G06F21/62G06F21/6245G06F16/951H04L63/06H04L63/0861
InventorPITT, ALAN M.PARTOVI, SHAHRAM
OwnerDIGNITY HEALTH