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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin Soutar, Scarborough, CA;
Danny B. Roberge, Toronto, CA;
Alexei Stoianov, Toronto, CA;
Rene M. Gilroy, North York, CA;
Vijayakumar Bhagavatula, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Mytec Technologies, Inc., Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/214 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/214 ;
Abstract
This invention describes a secure method for consistently reproducing a digital key using a biometric, such as a fingerprint. The digital key is linked to the biometric only through a secure block of data, known as the protected filter. The key cannot be released from the protected filter other than via the interaction with the correct biometric image. Once generated, the digital key may be used in a system as an encryption/decryption key, or as a personal identification number (PIN).