Patent ID: 8214652

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for regulating user access in the context of a biometric security system, the method comprising: storing a first encryption component upon a client security system, the first encryption component corresponding to a second encryption component stored in a location remote from the client security system, wherein one of the first and second encryption components is configured to decrypt information that has previously been encrypted utilizing the other of the first and second encryption components; receiving a remotely transmitted data packet at the client security system, the data packet containing an encryption key, a unique session number, a timestamp, and a command that indicates a task to be performed; utilizing a computer processor, which is a component of a computing device upon which the client security system is implemented, to decrypt the data packet with the first encryption component; determining the task to be performed based at least in part on the command; requesting a collection of biometric data based on the determined task; receiving the collection of biometric data from a biometric reading device associated with the client security system; utilizing the computer processor to perform an image qualification test on the collection of biometric data, the image qualification test determining whether the collection of biometric data is fraudulent or of insufficient quality and the image qualification test providing feedback corresponding to inadequacies identified during the determination of whether the collection of biometric data is fraudulent or of insufficient quality; and utilizing the computer processor to encrypt the collection of biometric data, the unique session number, and the timestamp with the encryption key included in the data packet based at least in part on the collection of biometric data successfully passing the image qualification test.