Patent ID: 8659390

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for execution by a computer, the computer-executable instructions adapting the computer to: receive first and second biometric sample quality information for respectively first and second biometric samples, the first and second biometric sample quality information describing quality of respectively the first and second biometric samples, the first and second biometric samples for being compared against a gallery of biometric samples for a potential match; receive search performance parameters; match a first biometric search query to the first biometric sample based on the first biometric sample quality information so that performance of the first biometric search query, when identifying first potential matches from the gallery to the first biometric sample, complies with a first one of the search performance parameters, wherein the first biometric search query is configured to employ a first searching technique for identifying the first potential matches; match a second biometric search query to the second biometric sample based on the second biometric sample quality information so that performance of the second biometric search query, when identifying second potential matches from the gallery to the second biometric sample, complies with a second one of the search performance parameters, wherein the second biometric search query is configured to employ a second searching technique for identifying the second potential matches, wherein the second biometric search query is different from the first biometric search query; and generate a biometric query plan including the first or second biometric search query for identifying potential matches to the one or more biometric samples.