Patent ID: 7921297

Claim:
A method for the random biometric authentication of a user at a biometric authentication point in coordination with biometric data provided from a remote server after wireless identification of the user based on identification information provided from a portable electronic device carried by the user when the user is located near a random biometric authentication point, said method comprising the steps of: providing an electronic system associated with a biometric authentication point which is further associated with at least one of: a point-of-sale, an ATM, a border entry, a boarding line for public transportation, a secured building, said electronic system including a biometric user interface, access to a data network and wireless communications hardware adapted to wirelessly communicate with portable electronic devices carried by users located near the biometric authentication point; wirelessly accessing identification information for said user seeking access through said biometric authentication point by said electronic system from a portable electronic device carried by said user, said identification information including a user profile including user identification and a biometric template associated with said user; comparing said identification information obtained wirelessly by said electronic system from said portable electronic device carried by said user with user profiles including identification and a biometric template accessible over said data network from at least one remote server to determine if user profile identification information wirelessly accessed from said portable electronic device match identification and said biometric template accessible by said electronic system from said at least one server; providing identification and said biometric template from said server to said biometric authentication point in advance of user arrival at said biometric authentication point if said user profile identification information wirelessly accessed by said electronic system from said portable electronic device located near said biometric authentication point matches identification and said biometric template accessible by said electronic system from said at least one server; determining if said user arrives at authentication point; requesting said user to input into said biometric user interface at least one biometric attribute randomly selected from said biometric template accessed by said electronic system from said at least one remote server; and authenticating said user with said system and granting the user access through the biometric authentication point, if said at least one biometric attribute randomly selected for input by said user to said biometric user interface matches at least one biometric attribute randomly selected by said electronic system from said biometric template accessed by said electronic system from said at least one remote server.