Patent ID: 6985887
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of administering registration of personal information in a data base in a manner tending to assure integrity of the personal information therein, the method comprising: a. obtaining, from each user with respect to whom data is to be placed in the data base, personal information of such user, the content of such personal information initially established by such user in an enrollment phase; b. also obtaining, from each such user, a first set of physiological identifiers associated with such user, the first set of physiological identifiers initially provided by such user in the enrollment phase; c. storing, in a digital storage medium, a data set pertinent to such user, the data set including such user's personal information and a representation of the physiological identifiers associated with such user; and d. permitting a subject claiming to be a specified user to modify the specified user's personal information in the stored data set pertinent to such user only if (i) the subject provides a new set of physiological identifiers and (ii) it is determined, by recourse to the stored data set, that there is a sufficient match between at least one member in the new set and a corresponding member of the first set, so that the subject is authenticated as the specified user, so that there is established a repository of personal information using physiological identifiers to protect against unauthorized modification.