ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,674, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Badge Inc. (Lewes, Del.).
"Public/private key biometric authentication system" was invented by Charles H. Herder III (Newark, Calif.) and Tina P. Srivastava (Newark, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, method, and computer readable storage medium generate a biometric public key for an individual based on both the individual's biometric data and a secret, in a manner that verifiably characterizes both while tending to prevent recovery of either by anyone other than the individual. The biometric public key may be later used to authenticate a subject purporting to be the individual, ...