Appeal No. 2002-0l08
Application No.09/200,981
By sending information to the server only when there is a
match at the client terminal, a reduction in load carried by the
server and the network is alleged to occur.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system for authenticating personal identification,
comprising:
a server including a computer whose users are limited, said
server having a database storing information related to ID
numbers assigned to said users and information related to
fingerprints of said users;
an IC card storing personal information including
information related to an ID number of the card owner and
information related to a fingerprint of the card owner;
a client terminal in communication with said server, said
client terminal including a card reader for reading the stored
personal information on said IC card, and a fingerprint sensor
for sensing a fingerprint of the client terminal user;
said client terminal comprising:
an authenticator that compares the sensed fingerprint
information of the client terminal user with the stored
fingerprint information of the card owner and produces an
authentication signal if the sensed fingerprint information
matches the stored fingerprint information; and
a transmitter that transmits personal information including
the sensed fingerprint information and the authentication signal
to said server only if the authentication signal is produced by
the authenticator; and
said server comprising:
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