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A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION AUTHENTICATING SYSTEM FOR A CLIENT TERMINAL (30) IN COMMUNICATION WITH A SERVER (32). THE SERVER (32) INCLUDES A COMPUTER AND A DATABASE (36). THE SERVER (32) PERFORMS A SERVICE WHOSE USES ARE LIMITED. THE CLIENT TERMINAL (30) PLAYS A ROLE OF AN IC CARD AUTHORIZING DEVICE, WHILE THE SERVER (32) PLAYS A ROLE OF AN APPROVAL CENTER. THE DATABASE (36) STORES PERSONAL INFORMATION (38) OF THE SERVICE USERS. THE STORED PERSONAL INFORMATION (38) ON THE DATABASE (36) INCLUDES INFORMATION RELATED TO FINGERPRINTS AND ID NUMBERS OF THE SERVICE USERS. A CLIENT TERMINAL USER IMPRESSES ONE'S FINGERPRINT ON A FINGERPRINT SENSOR (46) AND PUTS ONE'S IC CARD (48) INTO A CARD READER (44). THE IC CARD (48) STORES PERSONAL INFORMATION (38) OF A CARD OWNER. THE STORED PERSONAL INFORMATION (38) ON THE IC CARD (48) INCLUDES INFORMATION RELATED TO A FINGERPRINT AND AN ID NUMBER OF THE CARD OWNER. THE CLIENT TERMINAL (30) INCLUDES AN AUTHENTICATOR (64), WHICH PROVIDES AN AUTHENTICATING SIGNAL IF THE SENSED FINGERPRINT INFORMATION OF THE CLIENT TERMINAL USER MATCHES STORED FINGERPRINT INFORMATION OF THE CARD OWNER. THE CLIENT TERMINAL TRANSMITS THE STORED PERSONAL INFORMATION OF THE CARD OWNER TO THE, SERVER (32) UPON OCCURRENCE OF THE AUTHENTICATING SIGNAL WHICH TRANSMITS AN AUTHORIZING SIGNAL TO THE CLIENT TERMINAL (30) IF THE TRANSMITTED PERSONAL INFORMATION (38) OF THE CARD OWNER MATCHES THE STORED PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE DATABASE (36). UPON RECEIVING THE AUTHORIZING SIGNAL, THE CLIENT TERMINAL USER IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS INTO THE COMPUTER OF THE SERVER (32).
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