System and method to streamline identity verification at airports and beyond

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9501882-B2
Application number	US-201113303851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2011
Priority date	Nov 23, 2010
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A system and method of performing identity verification based on the use of mobile phones or mobile computing devices in conjunction with a secure identity authority; said method to be used as an alternative to conventional identity verification using paper-based documents such as driver's licenses and passports. The new method improves speed, accuracy, cost, and reliability of identity verification for entities that need to verify identity, as well as convenience for end-users.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for performing identity verification of a user in conjunction with a secure identity authority; the system comprising:
a registration subsystem configured to
(i) receive a variety of information of the user who signs up to use the system for identity verification at a public facility admitting legitimate users with verified identities; and
(ii) in response to determining that the user is legitimate after the variety of information of the user has been positively correlated with sources that include the secure identity authority that is backed by a government-sponsored vetting process, register the user in a storage device of the system; and
(iii) solely based on the registration of the user, when the registered user's arrival at the public facility is detected through a mobile device of the registered user, automatically retrieving from the security identity authority information encoding an identity of the registered user as originally captured by the secure identity authority via the government-sponsored vetting process such that the information encoding the identity of the registered user that otherwise would not be present at the public facility becomes instantly available at the public facility for verifying the registered user's identity before the registered user is admitted, wherein the information encoding the identity of the registered user includes a facial portrait of the registered user; and wherein the secure identity authority is remote from but in communication with the system; and

a document checker subscriber terminal in communication with the registration subsystem; the document checker subscriber terminal includes at least one display device and is configured to:
(i) retrieve, from the registration subsystem, at least portions of the information encoding the identity of the registered user that includes the facial portrait of the registered user;
(ii) display, at one of the at least one display device of the document checker subscriber terminal, the at least portions of the identity information of the registered user that includes the facial portrait of the registered user; and
(iii) receive, from a trusted third party, a notice that the registered user will be at an identity checkpoint.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a check-in subsystem in communication with the registration subsystem and configured to receive, from the mobile device of the registered user, information locating the identity checkpoint where the registered user is about to check in.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the check-in subsystem is further configured to retrieve a checkpoint code from the information locating the identity checkpoint.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the check-in subsystem is further configured to confirm, based in part on the checkpoint code, that the registered user is indeed at the identity checkpoint.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a check-in subsystem in communication with the registration subsystem and configured to scan a mobile pass issued to the registered user to identify (i) travel-related information including information locating the identity checkpoint for the registered user to check in, and (ii) personally identifiable information of the registered user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the document checker subscriber terminal is further configured to automatically determine that the registered user is at the identification checkpoint by automatically comparing the personally identifiable information of the registered user to the retrieved portion of the information encoding the identity of the registered user.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the registration subsystem is further configured to correlate retrieved identification information of the registered user with information included in the notice received from the trusted third party.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the registration subsystem is further configured to:
register the user by registering the mobile device of the user to establish a link between the mobile device of the registered user and the identity information of the registered user.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the registration subsystem is further configured to:
receive the variety of the information of the user from the mobile device of the user.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the registration subsystem is further configured to:
receive the variety of information that includes personally identifiable information of the user as well as information identifying the mobile device of the user.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the registration subsystem is further configured to:
solely based on the registration of the user, when the registered user's arrival at the public facility is announced by the mobile device of the registered user, automatically retrieving from the security identity authority the information encoding the identity information of the registered user.

12. A method for performing identity verification of a user in conjunction with a secure identity authority; the method comprising:
receiving a variety of information of the user who signs up to use an identity verification system to check in at a public facility admitting legitimate users with verified identities;
in response to determining that the user is legitimate after the variety of information of the user has been positively correlated with sources that include the secure identity authority that is backed by a government-sponsored vetting process, registering the user in a storage device of the identity verification system; and
solely based on the registration of the user, when the registered user's arrival at the public facility is detected through a mobile device of the registered user, automatically retrieving from the security identity authority information encoding an identity of the registered user as originally captured by the secure identity authority via the government-sponsored vetting process such that the information encoding the identity of the registered user that otherwise would not be present at the public facility becomes instantly available at the public facility for verifying the registered user's identity before the registered user is admitted, wherein the information encoding the identity of the registered user includes a facial portrait of the registered user; and wherein the secure identity authority is remote from but in communication with the identity verification system;
retrieving at least portions of the identity information of the registered user that includes the facial portrait of the registered user;
displaying the at least portions of the identity information of the registered user that includes the facial portrait of the registered user; and
receiving, from a trusted third party, a notice that the registered user will be at an identity checkpoint.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving, from the mobile device of the registered user, information locating the identity checkpoint where the registered user is about to check in.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
retrieving a checkpoint code from the information locating the identity checkpoint.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
confirming, based in part on the checkpoint code, that the registered user is indeed at the identity checkpoint.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
scanning a mobile pass issued to the registered user to identify (i) travel-related information including information locating the identity ch

Assignees

• Saravanan Thiagarajan
• Morphotrust Usa Llc

Inventors

• Saravanan Thiagarajan

Classifications

• G07C9/28

  the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence · CPC title

• G07C9/27 Primary

  with central registration · CPC title

• G07C9/00111 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07C9/00103

  Physics · mapped topic