Patent ID: 9460329
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a biometric sensor that senses a biometric image of a biometric of a user and transmits biometric data corresponding to the biometric image to a host computing device and to receives from the host computing device authentication information relating to results of the host computing device performing a plurality of authentication steps on the biometric data to authenticate the user as identified by the biometric data, wherein the plurality of authentication steps comprises producing a first result at the host computing device by comparing a template extracted by the host computing device from a first portion of the biometric data to a stored template stored by the host computing device; a memory, at the biometric sensor, that retains a second portion but not all of the biometric data; and a processor, at the biometric sensor, configured to validate at least one and not all of the plurality of authentication steps performed by the host computing device, utilizing the authentication information received by the biometric sensor from the host computing device by comparing a template extracted by the biometric sensor from the second portion of the biometric data retained by the biometric sensor and corresponding to the first portion utilized by the host computing device, to produce a second result, and comparing by the biometric sensor the first result with the second result.