Patent ID: 8159328

Claim:
A method in biometric identification, comprising: establishing a foundational biometric measurement based on a first user input; setting a period of time since establishment that indicates when the foundational biometric measurement is to expire, in response to the first user input; providing a second user input at a biometric terminal, the second user input used by the biometric terminal to determine whether to acknowledge a verifying biometric measurement, in response to receipt of the established foundational biometric measurement and the second user input; validating a user transaction request at the biometric terminal if a corresponding verifying biometric measurement is acknowledged; allowing the user to complete a current transaction, if the user transaction request is validated; and expiring the foundational biometric measurement based on passage of the set period of time since establishment, regardless of whether there has been a successful acknowledgement of a verifying biometric measurement; wherein the first user input and second user input are inputted by a user; and wherein allowing the user to complete a current transaction comprises allowing access to at least one of various information.