Appeal No. 2006-2919 Page 24
Application No. 10/291,955
suggest a processor for comparing the extracted portion data of the second
image to stored biometric data for the person [id.].
We note that Houvener discloses retrieving biometric data at col. 6,
lines 52-59:
Once the biometric access authority information unit
or derivative and a system ID are received at the
remote database site, the system searches a
database of valid access authority information units,
such as a fingerprint image database, and retrieves a
stored biometric unit associated with the system
user ID. The system then compares the stored
biometric unit with the biometric unit transmitted to
the remote database site to determine if a match
exists.
We note that credit card account information identifying the system
user is stored in one embodiment as a bar code (i.e., a first image) [col. 5,
lines 32-37]. We acknowledge that Houvener’s biometric data is retrieved
from a remote database using a system user ID that is not read by the bar
code reader in one embodiment [see e.g., Houvener col. 6, lines 56 and 57].
However, we note that while credit card information is required to access the
system, the system user ID is optional in another disclosed embodiment.
See Houvener, col. 5, lines 53-55:
The system may also require the system user to
enter a system user ID, which will aid the system in
performing a subsequent comparison [emphasis
added].
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