Patent ID: 8359475
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating on demand a cancelable biometric reference template, said method comprising: a processor of a computer system creating, using a biometric application, a base biometric reference template comprising base biometric data corresponding to a biometric sample collected for an individual and a unique biometric template identifier that uniquely identifies said base biometric data and said computer system comprising the biometric application, a cancelable biometric transformation engine, and an authentication tool for signing the base biometric reference template; said processor generating, utilizing the cancelable biometric transformation engine, N cancelable biometric reference templates derived from said base biometric reference template, wherein N is at least 1, wherein said N cancelable biometric reference templates generated is configured to be used by said individual to participate in a new biometric application without having to provide a new biometric sample and without having to rely on a biometric service provider to issue a new biometric reference template for said new biometric application; said processor injecting said base biometric reference template created into a secure portable device issued to said individual, said secure portable device being external to the computer system; said processor storing said N cancelable biometric reference templates in the portable device; and said processor loading an instance of said cancelable biometric transformation engine onto said secure portable device for generating on demand of said individual said at least one cancelable biometric reference template derived from said base biometric reference template for said new biometric application, wherein the portable device concurrently stores said base biometric reference template, said N biometric reference templates, and said instance of said cancelable biometric transformation engine.