Patent ID: 7864987

Claim:
A method of determining user access for a user having a user role, the method comprising: combining, using a computer, test scores for first and second non-biometric tests to meet or exceed a non-biometric confidence threshold; receiving, using the computer, a test score for a first biometric test for the user; making a first determination, using the computer and based at least in part on the test score for the first biometric test, that a biometric confidence threshold has not been reached; as a result of the first determination and using the computer, presenting a second biometric test to the user; making a second determination, using the computer and based at least in part on a combination of the test score for the first biometric test for the user and a test score for the second biometric test, whether the biometric confidence threshold has been met or exceeded; and determining, using the computer and as a result of the second determination, a level of access based at least in part on the user role in the event both the non-biometric and biometric confidence thresholds have been met or exceeded for the user, wherein at least one of the first or second biometric tests has an associated biometric test confidence level, wherein the at least one of the first or second biometric tests has a biometric user test result, wherein an individual biometric test confidence score is a combination of the biometric test confidence level and the biometric user test result, wherein the at least one of the first or second biometric tests has a biometric test failure threshold, wherein, if the biometric user test result is below the biometric test failure threshold, the user fails the at least one of the first or second biometric tests, and wherein the biometric test failure threshold is based in part on the biometric test confidence level of a preceding biometric test.