Anonymous biometric enrollment

摘要

In the present invention systems and methods to perform the biometric anonymous enrollment of an individual into an anonymous biometric engine are disclosed. An enrollment authority or client verifies the credentials of an individual and collects the biographic/demographic and biometric information. The biographic demographic information is stored by the enrollment authority and a token is generated for the individual; the biometric information and the token are sent to a biometric engine for storage. The stored information may be used to identify or verify individuals.

主权项

1. A method of biometrically enrolling an individual anonymously, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving at a query engine in an anonymous biometric identity management sector a biometric probe and an anonymous biometric authentication token from a non-anonymous sector, wherein the anonymous biometric identity management sector has no knowledge of or access to any biographic, demographic, or identifying information of the individual; creating, at the query engine, a biometric template based on the biometric probe; and storing, at a templates database in the anonymous biometric identity management sector, the biometric template in association with the anonymous biometric authentication token; wherein the anonymous biometric authentication token is a unique identifier which carries no demographic, identifying, or biographic information and is only associated to one individual.