Apex Standards Claim Construction


Patent: US8620039B2
Filed: 2005-08-12
Issued: 2013-12-31
Patent Holder: (Original Assignee) Securicom (NSW) Pty Ltd     (Current Assignee) Cpc Patent Technologies Pty Ltd
Inventor(s): Christopher John Burke

Title: Card device security using biometrics

Abstract: The disclosed Biometric Card Pointer arrangements store ( 207 ) a card user's biometric signature in a local memory ( 124 ) in a verification station ( 127 ) the first time the card user uses the verification station ( 127 ) in question. The biometric signature is stored at a memory address ( 607 ) defined by the card information ( 605 ) on the user's card ( 601 ). All future uses of the particular verification station ( 127 ) by someone submitting the aforementioned card ( 601 ) requires the card user to submit both the card and a biometric signature, which is verified against the signature stored at the memory address defined by the card information ( 605 ) thereby determining if the person submitting the card is authorized to do so.

The First Claim: 1. A method of enrolling in a biometric card pointer system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving card information; receiving the biometric signature; defining, dependent upon the received card information, a memory location in a local memory external to the card; determining if the defined memory location is unoccupied; and storing, if the memory location is unoccupied, the biometric signature at the defined memory location.


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Reference	Claim Element / Subject Matter	Feature	Meaning	Claim Construction & Interpretation
[1]	1 . A method [1]	method [1]	[Meaning 1] process [Meaning 2] methods [Meaning 3] system [Meaning 4] method of [Meaning 5] card method [Meaning 6] computerized method	[Interpretation 1] system for enroll in an biometric card pointer system for use with an electronic transaction card comprising performing the method [Interpretation 2] method of enroll in an identity card pointer system for storing biometric signatures of an identity card comprising the steps [Interpretation 3] biometric card pointer system comprising an enrollment module for enroll in in the biometric card pointer system and the method [Interpretation 4] card comprising an integrated circuit chip having at least one biometric signature stored thereon and method [Interpretation 5] computer program product for enroll in the biometric card pointer system comprising instructions for the method [Interpretation 6] method of enroll in an identity card pointer system according to the invention is the method [Interpretation 7] computer program product comprising computer readable program code for performing the method
[2]	of enrolling (enrollment, authentication, operation, registering, processing) in a biometric card pointer system [2]	card pointer system [2]	[Meaning 1] signature [Meaning 2] transaction [Meaning 3] certificate [Meaning 4] card [Meaning 5] identification system [Meaning 6] identity card	[Interpretation 1] authentication system in which the enrollment is performed by an electronic card having an embedded processor [Interpretation 2] signature in an electronic transaction card for use in conducting transactions with an electronic transaction terminal [Interpretation 3] data processing system in which biometric data is stored on the card [Interpretation 4] authentication system for authentic of an individual by using the biometric signature [Interpretation 5] signature in an electronic transaction card having at least one biometric sensor [Interpretation 6] identity system in which an enrolled card has an associated biometric signature [Interpretation 7] authentication system for authentic authentic biometric signatures on biometric cards
[3]	, the method [1] comprising (having, involving, includes, including, comprises) the steps of : receiving (obtaining, storing, accepting, reading, determining) card information [3]	card information [3]	[Meaning 1] information [Meaning 2] card [Meaning 3] the card [Meaning 4] identification information [Meaning 5] cardholder information [Meaning 6] information from the card	[Interpretation 1] biometric information from the card pointer system to generate an enrollment biometric signature for enroll in the card pointer system [Interpretation 2] an enrollment request from an enrollment device to enroll in the biometric card processing system and to provide card information [Interpretation 3] biometric information from the card reader system to generate an enrollment request for the biometric signature [Interpretation 4] an enrollment request from an enrollment device to enroll in the system for the biometric signature [Interpretation 5] biometric information from the card reader system indicative of the card identity [Interpretation 6] card information indicative of the identity of the biometric card [Interpretation 7] an enrollment request including card information and an enrollment time
[4]	; receiving the biometric signature [4]	signature [4]	[Meaning 1] data [Meaning 2] signatures [Meaning 3] information [Meaning 4] card signature [Meaning 5] verification signature [Meaning 6] signature information	[Interpretation 1] data from the card reader system and generating an associated biometric signature [Interpretation 2] signatures of the card user and of the card holder [Interpretation 3] signature of the card in the biometric card processing system
[5]	; defining (establishing, assigning, defined, providing, selecting) , dependent upon the received (input, provided, said, stored, previously received) card information [3] , a memory location [5]	memory location [5]	[Meaning 1] region [Meaning 2] position [Meaning 3] memory [Meaning 4] location [Meaning 5] storage location [Meaning 6] location stored	[Interpretation 1] card pointer system memory location in the card pointer system in which to store the biometric signature and store it [Interpretation 2] location for storing the biometric signature at the biometric card processing system [Interpretation 3] secure memory location for storing the biometric signature at the memory location
[6]	in a local memory [6]	memory [6]	[Meaning 1] database [Meaning 2] system [Meaning 3] storage [Meaning 4] data store [Meaning 5] memory device [Meaning 6] area network	[Interpretation 1] area network of the card and in at least one memory device [Interpretation 2] data storage device of the card or in another data storage device [Interpretation 3] memory of the card and the received biometric signature in an area
[7]	external to the card ; determining (assessing, deciding, monitoring, checking, evaluating) if the defined (said, received, local memory, so defined, external local) memory location [5] is unoccupied ; and storing (receiving, recording, retaining, logging, entering) , if the memory location [5] is unoccupied , the biometric signature [4] at the defined memory location [5] .