Patent ID: 9563761
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server system and from a first credential granting authority, a biometric identifier that is associated with a user and that was collected by the first credential granting authority; storing, at the server system, the biometric identifier in association with the user and the first credential granting authority; accessing, at the server system, trust data that enables determination of whether a second credential granting authority trusts biometric identifiers collected by the first credential granting authority; determining, by the server system, that the second credential granting authority trusts biometric identifiers collected by the first credential granting authority based on the accessed trust data; and based on the determination that the second credential granting authority trusts biometric identifiers collected by the first credential granting authority, performing, by the server system and for the second credential granting authority, biometric identification of the user using the biometric identifier collected by the first credential granting authority.