Patent ID: 8433921
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a biometric repository to prevent imposter activity, comprising: forming in a database of a computer system an enrollment structure, said enrollment structure having a hierarchy of quality levels, each quality level having data identifying one or more aspects or features of a person, where the features of a person is more comprehensive and detailed as the level increases in the hierarchy, whereby the assurances that a person is who he/she says they are increases; forming in the database, a hierarchy of trust levels, each trust level storing one or more sets of biometric data of a person, whereby, as the trust level increases in the hierarchy, the assurances that the person is who he/she says they are increases; using the quality level in the enrollment structure and the trust level of the biometric data in the database to provide a score relating to said assurances; and defining the score to be no larger than either the quality level in the enrollment structure or the trust level of the biometric data in the database.