Appeal No. 2007-0151
Application No. 10/081,132
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to the biometric enablement of computer
terminals using finger-image sensing and authentication. According to
Appellants, a finger-image sensor biometrically identifies a person who is
seeking to access or participate in network functions including voice
communication and other network-related functions (Specification 2). An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
independent claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:
1. A system for enabling use of a computer terminal in a
network to access or otherwise participate in at least one network-
related function and voice communication over the network,
comprising:
A telephone handset including a microphone and a speaker
coupled to provide signals to and receive signals from the computer
terminal for voice communication;
A finger-image sensor coupled at least to provide signals to the
computer terminal relating to a finger-image sensed by the finger-
image sensor;
means for electronically authenticating a finger-image sensed
by a finger-image sensor based on the finger-image-related signals
provided to that computer terminal;
means responsive to the authenticating means for enabling the
computer terminal in the network to access or otherwise participate in
the performance of at least one network-related function and voice
communication over the network at least from each computer terminal
for which a sensed finger-image was authenticated.
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