Patent ID: 7627472

Claim:
A method for person/speaker verification via communications systems on the basis of biometric verification methods, comprising: preparing an individual biometrics customer profile for every customer, in accordance with communications data and communications behavior of the respective customer, in which all terminals and terminal configurations are stored together with respective line identifications, which are configured to be verifiable on the basis of biometric verification methods; assigning each line identification at least one biometric verification method, the technical implementation of which with the aid of the customer's terminal or terminal configuration is technically possible, all biometric basic data of the customer required for a verification on the basis of possible biometric verification methods being queried within the framework of a registration process and likewise recorded in the biometrics customer profile; storing all services protected via biometric verification methods in a provider database together with the access addresses and the biometric methods authorized for accessing the services; wherein in the event of a request on the part of a customer for access to a service protected by biometric verification methods, via a matrix-like control logic in conjunction with a module for determining the telecommunications line, on the basis of the line identification of the terminal of the calling customer in conjunction with the access number/access identification of the requested service from the information stored in the customer's biometrics customer profile and in the provider database, the customer is offered with respect to the biometric verification methods authorized within the framework of the requested service, if required in succession all verification options stored in his personal biometrics customer profile in accordance with the terminals and/or terminal configurations available.