Activcard Ireland Limited

Assa Abloy Ab

Activcard

Actividentity (australia) Pty. Ltd.

John Boyer

Laurence Hamid

Eric Fernand Le Saint

Robert D Hillhouse

Matthew Patrick Herscovitch

Jason Hart

Timothy Brian Dingwall

John F Clark

A security framework for a host computer system which allows a host to control access to a compliant security token by ensuring enforcement of established security policies administered by a middleware application. Processing between the host computer system and the security token is performed using one or more modular security application agents. The modular security application agents are counterpart applications to security applications installed in the security token and may be retrieved and installed upon to ensure compatibility between counterpart token and host security applications. The security policies are a composite of host security policies and token security policies which are logically combined by the middleware application at the beginning of a session.

Uniform modular framework for a host computer system

A method and system for providing remote user access to secure financial applications by deployment of SSO software () to client workstations (), including receiving a password for collaborating access to a secure server (); navigating to the secure server () using a web browser () on a remote workstation (); providing user authorization details and the received password to the secure server (); generating a subsequent password at the secure server () upon validation of the user authorization details and received password; downloading an SSO deployment file () to the remote workstation (), said deployment file () including the subsequent password; executing the SSO deployment file () to install an SSO client application () on the remote workstation; reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and running the SSO client application () on the workstation to employ the user credentials and subsequent password to logon to the secure application.

Method and system for providing user access to a secure application

A method and apparatus for authenticating a user In dependence upon biometric Input information is disclosed. According to the method when a user is identified, their biometric information or data derived therefrom is automatically stored. The data is then used in subsequent user identification attempts as a template. The original templates are not replaced but those templates that are automatically stored are replaced at intervals.

Method and system for adaptively varying templates to accommodate changes in biometric information

Disclosed is a method for detecting a latent fingerprint image provided to a biometric input device of a fingerprint based security system. First and second images of the fingerprint are captured during a time period interval &#x394;t. At least one of the first and second images are analyzed to identify an extractable feature within a global reference frame, the extractable feature usable for authenticating an individual. The first and second images are compared one with the other to determine differences indicative of motion about the identified extractable feature within a local reference frame during the time period interval &#x394;t. Absent motion about the identified extractable feature being detected, the fingerprint is registered as a latent fingerprint and cannot be used to authenticate the individual who is seeking authorization.

Method and device for preventing false acceptance of latent fingerprint images

Disclosed is a method for detecting a latent fingerprint image provided to a biometric input device of a fingerprint based security system. First and second images of the fingerprint are captured during a time period interval &#x394;t. At least one of the first and second images are analyzed to identify an extractable feature within a global reference frame, the extractable feature useable for authenticating an individual. The first and second images are compared one with the other to determine differences indicative of motion about the identified extractable feature within a local reference frame during the time period interval &#x394;t. Absent motion about the identified extractable feature being detected, the fingerprint is registered as a latent fingerprint and cannot be used to authenticate the individual who is seeking authorization.

Smartcards are gaining acceptance as a secure medium for storing information, typically of a personal and confidential nature. Unfortunately, the process of storing information to the smartcard is a time consuming task, often taking much longer than to read the same amount of information from the card. The non-volatile memory within the smartcard is typically of the FLASH type and does not facilitate fast writing a fast writing process thereto. In order to speed up this process, a comparative writing algorithm is utilized which only writes changed data to the smartcard memory, thus eliminating the need for storing duplicate information.

Method of data caching on a smartcard

An improved method of encoding data within directory files on an integrated circuit IC) smart card is shown. Advantageously the improved method no longer imposes a limitation in placing the pointer data start address prior to encoding of data, since after encoding a single continuous block of unused memory within the directory file results, enables encoding applications to make better use of this memory space thereby eliminating the deficiency of having two non-sequential empty memory blocks as provided by prior art systems.

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John Boyer