Biometric Integration Manager for Shared CUSS Platforms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack a practical mechanism for multiple airlines to implement face biometric authentication on Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) kiosks, as each airline must maintain its own custom solution, leading to substantial revisions and modifications to existing APIs, which is not feasible for shared platform environments.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for shared platform biometric integration, where a biometric operation is received on a transaction terminal, processing control is passed to a biometric provider, and the result is provided back to the application, allowing multiple airlines to select their own biometric solutions with minimal modifications to existing APIs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If each airline implements its own custom biometric solution on shared CUSS kiosks, then each airline can maintain its preferred biometric approach, but substantial revisions and modifications to existing APIs are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a biometric integrator as an intermediary component that sits between the shared platform and multiple airline applications. This integrator receives biometric operations from different airlines, manages the complexity of biometric provider integration, and returns results to the appropriate applications. By centralizing the integration logic in this intermediary layer, each airline can select its preferred biometric solution without requiring modifications to the shared platform's existing APIs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If enterprises maintain their own hardware for biometric solutions, then they can control their biometric implementation, but it is not available on shared hardware platforms and requires substantial maintenance and support
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables enterprises to self-select their preferred biometric providers through the biometric integrator interface. Each airline can configure and manage its own biometric solution preferences without requiring dedicated hardware or direct maintenance responsibilities. The shared platform's biometric integrator handles the technical integration and maintenance, allowing enterprises to focus on their service offerings rather than hardware maintenance.
3Productivity
If face recognition is implemented on CUSS kiosks with multiple airline applications, then biometric authentication becomes available across multiple airlines, but there is no existing mechanism to run face recognition process flow on shared kiosks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal biometric integrator that can handle biometric operations for multiple different airline applications through a single shared interface. The integrator is designed to be multi-functional, supporting various biometric modalities (face recognition, fingerprint, etc.) and multiple airline providers simultaneously. This universal approach allows biometric authentication to be implemented across all airlines on the shared CUSS kiosk platform without requiring separate implementations for each airline.
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AI summary
A transaction terminal includes a plurality of disparate application services that process within a common/shared platform on the transaction terminal. Each disparate application service may include its own unique biometric provider for providing biometric registration and recognition services to customers at the transaction terminal. When a particular application service is launched for execution on the transaction terminal, a biometric integration manager identifies an appropriate biometric provider for that application service and interacts with that biometric provider and the launched application service to facilitate biometric registration or biometric recognition of a customer transacting at the transaction terminal.