4G Multi-biometric Identity Platform

4G Identity Platform is a robust, scalable, interoperable identification engine that interfaces and manages multi-biometric and biographic search technologies. 4G’s platform provides an XML based interface to the custom-built application identification and/or verification of a person’s identity.

Interoperability: 4G Identity Platform provides interoperability amongst multiple biometric device providers for face, finger, and iris technologies. The 4G Identity Platform also integrates biometric technologies from multiple vendors for face, finger, and iris biometrics. Biographic/demographic search engines can also be integrated into the 4G Identity Platform. The platform can also accommodate BioAPI framework. Finally, the modular software architecture used in the design enables easy upgrades and/or migrations to alternative devices and/or algorithms.

Scalability: 4G Identity Platform is specifically designed to scale-up as use-deployments scale-up. 4G’s unique web server architecture can easily integrate additional servers and manage biometric vendor-specific licensing policies to manage growth. Redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery configurations can easily be implemented with 4G’s architecture.

Modularity: 4G Identity Platform has been developed using a modular software design approach. Modules are plug and play and can be integrated per customer requirements. Components can be configured for a single, central system or in a distributed fashion.

Flexibility: 4G Identity Platform provides flexible modules and are customizable to meet specific customer requirements. Various enterprise architectures can be accommodated with 4G’s web service architecture; from central server, to distributed matching, to batch processing, to real time synchronization, 4G’s software architecture can accommodate the enterprise.

Open Architecture: 4G Identity Platform allows for integration into many applications and technologies:

• Multiple applications can be implemented on the same identity management backbone using 4G’s Identity Management platform. For example, an Indian state government can start with implementing biometric ration card application. Once deployed and the citizens are enrolled, the government can extend the identity management application for gas/electric services, NREGS schemes, old age pension schemes etc., without requiring new IT infrastructure and enrollment for the citizen IDs.

• The customer will be able to migrate to new or alternative biometric technologies as technology continues to reach new levels of performance with minimal application and IT infrastructure changes.

• 4G’s Identity Platform and solutions capture biometric images that meet international standards regarding interoperability. Solutions built on 4G’s Identity Platform can easily migrate to new biometric algorithms provided that the customer maintains the archived images