Patent ID: 7702755
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G06K,G07C,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A secure identification system, comprising at least one centralized computer storing an image database of compressed image files, each image file representing the image of respective individuals; an information database storing textual information descriptive of, and associated with at least one the compressed image files; a first processing assembly located at the centralized computer for associating a unique individual identifying number with an image file of an individual, and with some associated descriptive textual information; an image association database storing information for associating one or more of said images with said individual identifying number; a cross-reference number database storing information for associating one or more cross-reference numbers with said single individual identifying number; a plurality of remote terminals in operative relation with the centralized computer; and a second processing assembly located at the site of each remote terminal, said second processing assembly receiving one of said cross-reference numbers and downloading and displaying at least one of said individual image files from the image database and/or descriptive textual information from the information database in response to the receipt of said received cross reference number.