BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT ACROSS MODALITIES OR APPLICATIONS

摘要

A method of enrolling an individual in a biometric system comprises acquiring, in a first biometric system, a first biometric template from an individual; acquiring, in a second biometric system, a second biometric template; verifying a correspondence of the first biometric template and the second biometric template; verifying, in the first biometric system, an identity of the individual; and associating said identity to the second biometric template in the second biometric system, wherein the individual is enrolled in said second system. The first biometric system may be an identification system. In a particular embodiment, the method further comprises the step of acquiring, in the first biometric system, an identity claimed to correspond to the first biometric template, wherein the step of verifying an identity of the individual includes authenticating said claimed identity using the first biometric template. In this embodiment, the first biometric system may be an authentication system.