Patent ID: 7298873

Claim:
A biometric system, which comprises: a biometric client, wherein said biometric client captures biometric images in a plurality of modes; a router in communication with said biometric client to receive biometric images from said biometric client; and, a plurality of biometric matching engines in communication with said router to receive biometric images from said router, wherein said plurality of biometric matching engines process biometric images in a plurality of modes, wherein: said plurality of biometric matching engines comprise: a first group of biometric matching engines, wherein each biometric matching engine of said first group being configured to process a first set of biometric image types, and a second group of biometric matching engines, wherein each biometric matching engine of said second group being configured to process a second set of biometric image types; and said router is configurable to operate in a mode where a biometric template is sent to each biometric matching engine of said first group for storing.