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1. An apparatus for verifying an individual's identity, the apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive from a remote system a request from a party attempting to obtain a service from the apparatus using the remote system; a processor configured to receive, after the request from the party attempting to obtain the service, an instruction to request, over a network, authentication of the party by a remote biometric system; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request to the remote system for the party to provide a biometric sample responsive to the processor determining to request authentication of the party, wherein the processor is additionally configured to verify a purported identity of the party with the remote biometric system, and subsequently to provide the biometric sample to the remote biometric system for authentication, wherein the remote biometric system performs a confidence check to determine a probability that the party is the individual based on the party providing the requested biometric sample, wherein the party is authenticated if the probability meets or exceeds a threshold value for two or more of: pitch, range of pitch, pronunciation, and accent; and wherein the service is provided contingent upon authentication of the party by the remote biometric system. |