Patent ID: 11916901
Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for smartcard biometric enrollment, comprising:
generating, with a server, an activation code corresponding to a unique identifier (unique ID) that uniquely identifies a user of a service;
electronically sending, with the server, the activation code to a user device of the user;
receiving, with the server, a biometric image from the user device in response to the activation code, the biometric image being captured by a camera of the user device;
generating, with the server, a biometric template from the biometric image; and
electronically sending, with the server, the biometric template to a smartcard manufacturer for configuring with a smartcard to implement biometric authentication of the user,
wherein the user is enrolled for biometric authentication without requiring the user to visit a central location to provide the biometric image.