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

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, cause the electronic processor to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
generating an activation code corresponding to a unique identifier (unique ID) that uniquely identifies a user of a service;
controlling a communication interface to electronically send the activation code to a user device of the user;
receiving 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 a biometric template from the biometric image; and
controlling the communication interface to electronically send 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.