Patent ID: 8325989

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a backend broker system, an access request, wherein the access request (i) requests access for a user to one or more secured systems, and (ii) includes biometric data associated with the user; transmitting, by the backend broker system, a record request to one or more systems that are external to the backend broker system and that are associated with one or more databases that are external to the backend broker system, wherein the record request (i) requests one or more records associated with the user that are stored by the one or more external databases, and (ii) includes the biometric data; receiving, by the backend broker system, the one or more records associated with the user that are stored in the one or more external databases; evaluating, by the backend broker system, the one or more records using one or more business rules, wherein the one or more business rules specify predetermined criteria that are to be satisfied by one or more of the records for the user to gain access to the one or more secured systems; determining, by the backend broker system, that the one or more of the records satisfy the predetermined criteria for the user to gain access to the one or more secured systems; granting, by the backend broker system, one or more levels of access for the user to each of the one or more secured systems; and transmitting, by the backend broker system, data indicative of the one or more levels of access to an identity card management system for storage on a smartcard.