Patent ID: 6105010
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
A biometric certifying authority (BCA) management system comprising:a transaction request parser for receiving a request to authenticate an electronic transaction having transaction-type data and a biometric certificate signal, the request parser operating to extract the biometric certificate signal and the transaction-type data from the request;a biometric verification processor which receives the biometric certificate signal, determines an authenticity of the biometric certificate signal based on previously stored biometric data in a database, and based on the determination, generates a verification comprising one of an authentic status and a fraudulent status of the biometric certificate signal;a transaction type classifier for receiving the transaction type data and for determining a security level associated with the electronic transaction based on at least one of the transaction-type data and a predetermined hierarchy of electronic transactions; anda certifying authority processor for generating an access-or-denial message based on at least one of the verification and the security level.