Patent ID: 6047281
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of expandably storing and searching biometric data, the method comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of biometric data groups, each of the plurality of biometric data groups having a plurality of biometric records stored therein, each of the plurality of biometric records including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index, each of the plurality of biometric data groups having about the same full range of biometric indexes and having about the same number of biometric records stored therein; andassigning each of the plurality of separate data groups to a plurality of biometric searching engines for performing a search of biometric data from the plurality of separate biometric data groups so that each of the plurality of biometric data groups is assigned to only one of the plurality of biometric searching engines.