Cloud Computing: Apple granted patent for iCloud-based fingerprint storage and cross-device synching

Grazed from BiometricUpgrade.  Author:  Stephen Mayhew.

Apple recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted its patent application for an iCloud-based fingerprint storage and cross-device syncing solution, a system that could potentially eliminate manually setting up Touch ID and power next-generation Apple Pay-enabled POS terminals, according to a report by Apple Insider.

In the patent application, entitled “Finger biometric sensor data synchronization via a cloud computing device and related methods,” Apple details how fingerprint data may first be gathered on a primary device and uploaded to iCloud to distribute among secondary devices…


As a security measure, the process integrates user fingerprint with account verification data, which is comprised of an Apple ID and password combination.  In the initial setup up of an iPhone 5s or 6, iOS may prompt the user to validate their Apple ID account data before enrolling a fingerprint via Touch ID. It then encrypts and uploads the data to iCloud, a process that may be reversed depending on the implementation…

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