This patent, (US Patent Number 7,502,938 issued March 10th, 2009)  protects the privacy of the user and provides enhanced security for the organization performing the user identity authentication.

It covers the transmission of information from the point the information is collected at the biometric reader until the data reaches the computer or device that is authenticating the user’s identity.

Previous BIO-key patents (including 7,454,624, 7,415,605, and 7,117,356) protect BIO-key’s security solutions for transmission of private sensitive authentication data from the client device to a central server authentication point, defending  enterprise or centralized authentication applications from security breaches.

BIO-key’s patents also support the use of standards including the Trusted Computing Platforms, which are embraced by security professionals worldwide.

“We recognize the need to address not only the privacy of the individual but the security of the total identity transaction. This is the latest in a series of patents granted to BIO-key that secure the biometric template, the communications of the template and  the processes handling the identity transaction,” stated Mira LaCous VP Technology and Development at BIO-key International.

“It provides another layer of security for our highly accurate, scalable biometric identity solution," LaCous added.

“With this patent, BIO-key continues to expand our biometric identity solution portfolio. We have the technology to protect the biometric identity transaction from end-to-end," BIO-key’s CEO Mike DePasquale commented.

"This can be quickly and cost effectively adopted by fingerprint hardware manufacturers as well as commercial application providers that utilize ‘remote’ authentication," he concluded.