Patent ID: 7606401

Claim:
A method implemented in a computer system including at least one computer for providing approval of an age-restricted transaction conducted by an age presenter, comprising: receiving, at an unattended age verification station, at least one biometric sample proffered by the age presenter via a biometric identification device coupled to the computer system; sending the at least one biometric sample to at least one database in the computer system, wherein the at least one database has at least one biometric record stored therein, wherein the at least one biometric record contains a reference of the age presenter's age; comparing, at the at least one database, the at least one biometric sample to the at least one biometric record stored in the at least one database; making a first determination, at the at least one database, whether the at least one biometric sample matches the at least one biometric record stored in the at least one database; in the event the at least one biometric sample matches the at least one biometric record stored in the at least one database, making a second determination whether the age presenter's age information in the reference meets at least one system parameter; in the event that the age presenter's age mapped to the biometric record meets the at least one system parameter, approving the age-restricted transaction at the at least one database; and receiving, at the unattended age verification station, confirmation of the age-restricted transaction approval.