Patent ID: 8296573

Claim:
A method of providing a service from a service provider institution for capturing biometric data, comprising the steps of: acquiring biometric data from one or more biometric sensors; authenticating an enrollee associated with the biometric data; enrolling the authenticated enrollee associated with the biometric data, wherein the acquiring occurs externally from equipment that requires an identification; verifying individual samplings of the biometric data for quality at the time of enrollment based on a pre-determined threshold; verifying whether the enrollee presenting the biometric data is authenticated at the time of enrollment; verifying the biometric data according to pre-determined verification standards requiring: two fingers presented simultaneously for fingerprinting; a fingerprint and an eye scan performed sequentially; and a voice scan and face scan performed simultaneously; signing a request of a third party with a private key stored on a biometric enrollment device and associated with the third party, the signing denoting that the biometric data is verified for a transaction between the third party and the enrollee; and sending the signed third party request to the third party to complete authenticating of the transaction.