Patent ID: 7341181
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating biometric security in a smartcard transaction system, said method comprising: receiving a first proffered biometric sample and a second proffered biometric sample at a biometric sensor configured on a smartcard, wherein said smart card comprises a common application and a second application, said second application storing travel-related information associated with a cardholder, said second application comprising a common file structure and a partner file structure, and receiving a first proffered biometric sample and a second proffered biometric sample, wherein said first proffered biometric sample is a different type of biometric sample from said second proffered biometric sample, and wherein said first proffered biometric sample and said second proffered biometric sample are from the same user, and wherein said first proffered biometric sample is required to access said common file structure and said second proffered biometric sample is required to access said partner file structure; generating data representing said first proffered biometric sample and a second proffered biometric; verifying said first proffered biometric sample and a second proffered biometric; and enabling write access to a field within said partner file structure upon verification of said second proffered biometric sample and upon request by a first partnering organization; denying write access to said field upon request by a second partnering organization; enabling write access for said first partnering organization and said second partnering organization to a field in said common file structure, upon verification of said first proffered biometric sample; transferring common data to facilitate authorization of said transaction; transferring said travel-related information, information related to said common file structure and information related to said partner file structure to facilitate said transaction; storing, by a first enterprise data collection unit, update transactions and pending transactions associated with said smartcard and a first enterprise, wherein said first enterprise data collection unit is associated with a first enterprise; storing, by a second enterprise data collection unit, update transactions and pending transactions associated with said smartcard and a second enterprise, wherein said second enterprise data collection unit is associated with a second enterprise; interfacing with said smartcard and said first and second enterprise data collection units, at an access point; storing, by a card object database system coupled to said first and second enterprise data collection units, said smartcard information in accordance with said update transactions and said pending transactions, wherein said smartcard information includes a card object having an application; routing, by an update logic system, said smartcard information from said first and second enterprise data collection units to said access point in order to effect synchronization of said smartcard information associated with said smartcard and said card object database system; and, activating, by said verification device, said update logic system upon verification of said first proffered biometric sample and said second proffered biometric sample.