Patent ID: 7248719

Claim:
A voluntary tokenless identification computer system for determining an individual's identity from an examination of at least one bid biometric sample and a bid personal identification code gathcred during a bid step, and comparison with previously recorded registration biometric samples and registration personal identification codes gathered during a registration step, said system comprising: a. first gathering means for voluntary input of at least one registration biometric sample and a registration personal identification code from an individual during the registration step; b. second gathering means for voluntary input of at least one bid biometric sample and bid personal identification code, from an individual during a bid step; c. means for storing a plurality of registration biometric samples; d. means for associating a subset of the stored registration biometric samples with a registration personal identification code; and e. means for comparison of a bid biometric sample with the registration biometric samples associated with the registration personal identification code corresponding to the bid personal identification code, for producing an evaluation of the individual's identity.