Patent ID: 8626513
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07C,G10L,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A communications system for verifying expected identities of parties, the communications system comprising: a receiver of a computer that receives, from a first intermediate system when a first party attempts to obtain a first service using the first intermediate system, a first biometric sample from the first party and information characterizing the expected identity of the first party, and that receives, from a second intermediate system when a second party attempts to obtain a second service using the second intermediate system, a second biometric sample from the second party and information characterizing the expected identity of the second party; and a transmitter that transmits, to the first intermediate system, verification that the first biometric sample matches pre-registered biometric information obtained from a storage device such that the expected identity of the first party is verified as the identity of the first party, and that transmits, to the second intermediate system, verification that the second biometric sample matches pre-registered biometric information obtained from the storage device such that the expected identity of the second party is verified as the identity of the second party, wherein the first service is provided contingent on verification by the communications system of the expected identity of the first party as the identity of the first party, and wherein the second service is provided contingent on verification by the communications system of the expected identity of the second party as the identity of the second party.