Patent Document ID: 20060101508
Application ID: 11150355
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An electronic system for the processing of data to verify the identity of an individual, comprising: means for preauthorizing a group of customers by storing an authorized version of biometric data and an authorized version of non-biometric data that may be used to verify the identity of individual customers; means for obtaining data from the person of an individual who wishes to engage in a transaction, the data including test biometric data and test non-biometric data that may be used to identify the individual; and means for transmitting the data to a central agency; the central agency being provided with means for processing the data to determine whether the individual is also a preapproved customer, wherein the manner of processing at least includes comparing the test biometric data against the authorized version of biometric data such that a comparison match outcome is associated with recognition of the individual as a customer and a comparison non-match outcome is associated with nonrecognition of the individual as a customer; and means for providing notification of the comparison match outcome.