Method for separating private data from public data in a database

摘要

An electronic voting terminal includes: a display; a data input device; a biometric input device; a case having an open and a closed position, the case protecting the display, the input device, and the biometric input device in the closed position, the case making the display, input device and biometric input device accessible by the voter in the open position; a communications medium; a microprocessor to control the display, the data input device, the biometric input device, and the communications medium; and a power supply that accepts alternating current and provides direct current to the microprocessor The device utilizes the biometric input device to validate the identity of the voter, utilizes the data input device to receive the ballot from the voter, and utilizes the communications medium to transmit the ballot. A system for voting also includes a centralized computer and voter registration database.

主权项

1. A method for making a first portion of a computer database available to a reviewer and restricting access to a second portion of the database to the reviewer, which comprises:
providing a voting record database for storing voter records, each of said voter records including a private datum, a public datum, and biometric information, said private datum, said public datum, and said biometric information being related to a voter, said public datum including a vote cast by the voter; connecting a reviewer terminal belonging to a reviewer to said voting record database; transmitting said vote from said voting record database to said reviewer computer terminal; not transmitting said private datum from said voting record database to said reviewer computer terminal; inputting biometric information of the voter into a voter computer terminal; generating biometric data from said biometric information; transmitting said biometric data from said voter computer terminal to said voting record database; and providing read and write access in said voting record database to said private data in a voter record of the voter when said biometric data transmitted from said voter computer matches said biometric data stored in said voter record of said voter in said voting record database.