Anonymized Biometric Data Integration via Behavioral Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing collection and storage of consumer data, including biometric information, raises security concerns and reluctance among consumers to provide biometric data due to the risk of hacking and exposure, leading to a need for secure and anonymous biometric authentication solutions that do not require data storage by companies.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for anonymized biometric data integration, where biometric features are obtained, calculated into a value, and anonymized as an identifier, which is integrated with event data in a security system without storing the actual biometric data, using devices like fingerprint readers and cameras, ensuring that only hash values or randomly generated identifiers are used for authentication and indexing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If biometric data is stored by companies for authentication purposes, then security-based solutions can be implemented, but consumer data security risks increase and consumer reluctance increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential authentication function from the biometric data itself by using biometric templates to generate behavioral identifiers. These identifiers are then used to create anonymous identifiers that can authenticate users without storing actual biometric data, effectively separating the authentication capability from the sensitive data storage requirement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces behavioral identifiers and anonymous identifiers as intermediary elements between biometric data and authentication systems. These intermediaries enable authentication while preventing direct storage or exposure of sensitive biometric information, thus resolving the contradiction between security and data protection.
2Reliability
If biometric data is collected and stored, then superior security can be provided, but consumer privacy and security concerns increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates copies of biometric information in the form of behavioral identifiers and anonymous identifiers that capture the essential authentication characteristics without containing actual biometric data. These copies enable security functions while preserving consumer privacy by not storing the original sensitive information.
3Measurement precision
If companies retain biometric data for authentication, then authentication accuracy improves, but regulatory compliance difficulties increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary authentication characteristics from biometric data through behavioral identifiers, eliminating the need to store comprehensive biometric datasets. This reduction in data storage requirements simplifies regulatory compliance while maintaining authentication accuracy through the use of specialized matching algorithms.
Data Source
AI summary
Biometric features are derived from security data associated with a subject. The security data is obtained from a security device. A biometric value is calculated from the biometric features. The biometric value is anonymized to an identifier associated with the subject. The identifier is integrated with event data associated with a security system. In an embodiment, the security device is a Personal Identification Number (PIN) pad integrated into a transaction terminal, the security data is fingerprint data, which is read from a finger of the subject placed on a fingerprint reader integrated into the PIN pad, and the biometric value is a PIN calculated from fingerprint data during a transaction at the transaction terminal. In an embodiment, the security device is a security camera, the security data is a secure video stream, and the biometric features are facial features of the subject in the secure video stream.