Server-Based Biometric Authentication for Partner Workplace Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to accurately determine whether an individual using a facility like a restaurant near a company's head office is an employee or a regular customer, making it difficult to utilize such facilities as workplaces for employees.
Innovation Solution
A server device and authentication terminals that register and authenticate employee biometric information, allowing successful authentication to manage employee presence and enable secure access to partner facilities, facilitating biometric authentication across different locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If biometric authentication is implemented at partner facilities, then employee identity verification accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that centralizes biometric information storage and authentication processing. The server receives biometric data from authentication terminals at partner facilities, performs the actual authentication against stored employee data, and returns verification results. This mediator approach allows distributed authentication terminals to achieve accurate verification without each terminal needing full authentication capability, thus improving accuracy while managing system complexity through centralized processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system is segmented into distinct functional components: authentication terminals at partner facilities that capture biometric data, a central server that stores employee biometric information and performs authentication processing, and a database component that stores the reference data. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - terminals focus on data collection while the server handles complex authentication logic - resolving the contradiction between verification accuracy and system complexity.
2Reliability
If biometric information is stored centrally, then authentication reliability is improved, but information security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by securely storing encrypted biometric templates in advance at the central server before authentication is needed. Employee biometric data is captured, processed into templates, and stored with access controls during off-peak times or during initial enrollment. This preliminary preparation ensures authentication reliability is ready when needed while allowing security measures to be implemented during the controlled data collection phase rather than under time pressure during authentication events.
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AI summary
A server device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire biometric information of each of a plurality of employees working in a first company and registers the biometric information in a database; execute biometric authentication using biometric information of a first authentication target and the plurality of pieces of biometric information registered in the database, the biometric information of the first authentication target being included in a first authentication request transmitted from a first authentication terminal installed in a second company having a partnership with the first company; and manage so that the first authentication target has clocked in to the first company when authentication is successful.