Patent ID: 7773780

Claim:
A biometric authorization system, comprising: a biometric input device, capable of receiving biometric information from a person, the biometric information from the person having information about two physiologically distinct portions of the person; a database having biometric samples stored therein, each sample comprising information corresponding to two physiologically distinct portions of an individual and a correlating factor, which is derived from a relationship between a detail of the biometric corresponding to a first one of the physiologically distinct portions of the individual and a detail of the biometric corresponding to a second one of the physiologically distinct portions of the individual; one or more computers having software capable of creating a biometric specimen from the biometric information from the person, the specimen including a correlating factor, which is derived from a relationship between a detail of the biometric corresponding to a first one of the physiologically distinct portions of the person and a detail of the biometric corresponding to a second one of the physiologically distinct portions of the person, and comparing the biometric specimen to the biometric samples, and capable of sending an authorization signal indicating whether a match exists between the specimen and one of the samples; and a communication network capable of allowing communication between the biometric input device and the computer, and allowing communication between the database of biometric information and the computer.