Patent ID: 9118671
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a remote system a request from a party attempting to obtain a service from the apparatus using the remote system; a processor configured to selectively determine when to request, over a network responsive to the request from the party attempting to obtain the service, authentication of the party by a remote biometric system; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request to the remote system for the party to provide a biometric sample responsive to the processor determining to request authentication of the party, wherein the processor is additionally configured to verify a purported identity of the party with the remote biometric system, and subsequently to provide the biometric sample to the remote biometric system for authentication, and wherein the service is provided contingent upon authentication of the party by the remote biometric system.