Centralized Identity Data Storage for Distributed Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
The multiple recording of identity data at spatially distributed identification control points in security-relevant areas, such as airports, leads to high complexity, increased personnel requirements, and longer throughput times for individuals to be identified.
Innovation Solution
Implement a system where identity data is recorded once and stored on a central server, allowing spatially distributed identification control points to access and verify this data using a unique biometric reference feature, such as a fingerprint or iris image, eliminating the need for repeated data recording at each control point.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If identity data is recorded at each identification control point, then identification can be performed independently at each point, but the complexity and personnel requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the identity data storage function into a central server that is shared by all identification control points. Instead of each control point maintaining separate identity data records, they all access the same centralized database, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining independent identification capability at each point.
Solution Approach 2:
The central server provides a universal identity data storage service that serves all identification control points. This multi-functional approach allows a single storage system to support multiple control points, eliminating the need for redundant storage infrastructure at each location.
2Reliability
If identity data is recorded at each identification control point, then data availability is ensured locally, but personnel expenditure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service identification where control points automatically access identity data from the central server without requiring manual intervention from personnel at each location. The automated data retrieval process reduces the need for staff to manually manage identity records at multiple control points.
3Adaptability or versatility
If identity data is recorded at each identification control point, then identification can be performed at any point, but processing times for persons to be identified increase
Solution Approach 1:
Identity data is pre-loaded into a centralized database before identification processes begin. When a person needs to be identified at any control point, the data is already available in the central server, eliminating the time required to transfer or generate identity data at the moment of identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The central server acts as an intermediary that provides rapid access to identity data for all control points. Instead of control points directly managing their own data storage and transfer, the central server mediates all data access requests, optimizing retrieval speed and reducing processing time.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for identifying a person by means of an identification document in an identification system with spatially distributed identification control points. The method has the following steps: detecting (601) an identification data item by means of the identification document using a first identification control point; generating (603) a reference identification feature of the person; assigning (604) the reference identification feature to the detected identification data item; detecting (605) an identification feature of the person using a second identification control point; and displaying (607) the detected identification data item using the second identification control point if the detected identification feature matches the reference identification feature.