Microsoft 666 Biometric ID Technology12-9-6Microsoft Portrait is...

Microsoft 666
Biometric ID Technology
12-9-6


Microsoft Portrait is a prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphone. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat/voice/video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device.
Microsoft 666 Biometric ID technology creates a cryptographically secure ID card that can be easily deployed at a low cost. The technology uses proven, public-key technology and a proprietary bar-code scheme to encode data from facial photographs and to produce tamper-resistant signatures in a very small surface area. Photo ID cards can be issued and validated by using standard hardware and paper supplies.

The Biometric ID technology can extract identifying features from a facial photograph on the ID, reducing the amount of data that it must store in order to later validate that photograph. It incorporates the photograph information with the textual information on the card and, optionally, with further biometric information such as a fingerprint, and digitally signs the result. It stores the signed result in a proprietary high-density 2D color barcode on the card. The barcode contains error correction and color calibration information.

To validate an ID card the system scans the card using a standard 300dpi device. It then compares the scanned photograph to the stored photograph information. It evaluates the textual information on the card using a highly accurate proprietary OCR algorithm, and compares the result to the stored textual information. Finally, it can compare a fingerprint or iris scan to the stored fingerprint or iris information. If any piece of information does not match, the card fails to validate.
Benefits: · Can be combined with any biometric data, such as fingerprint or iris scans, for demanding applications

· Cost-effective to issue and validate cards
· Does not require remote storage of or access to any personally identifiable information
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