Patent ID: 8212652
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A biometric authentication method implemented with an IC card including an operation unit, a communication unit, and a storage unit, and a terminal including an operation unit, a communication unit, and a storage unit, the storage unit of the IC card including storage areas each storing generation information of a biometric authentication device and biometric information corresponding to a generation indicated by the generation information for multiple generations, the biometric authentication method comprising: transmitting, by the operating unit in the terminal, the card information request requesting stored information in the storage areas to the IC card via the communication unit, transmitting, by the operating unit in the terminal, a request for the generation information to the biometric authentication device via the communication unit, transmitting, by the operating unit in the terminal, a request for the biometric information of a registration target to the biometric authentication device via the communication unit, reading, by the operating unit in the terminal, the generation information of the biometric authentication device from the storage unit and the generation information of each of the storage areas,