INTEGRATING DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS USING BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION
A system uses a digital representation of a biometric to match and/or dedupe first and second records respectively stored in first and second systems. In various examples, an identification system may be used to determine an identity using a digital representation of a biometric, locate a first record in the first system and a second record in a second system, and dedupe the first and second records. In a number of examples, an identification system may be used to locate a first record in a first system and a second record in a second system using identity information, determine that the first record and second record cannot be verified as associated with a same person within a threshold certainty, and determine whether a person associated with the first record is associated with the second record using a digital representation of a biometric for the person.
1 . A system for integrating distributed systems, comprising:
at least one non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions; and
at least one processing unit that executes the instructions to:
obtain a digital representation of a biometric;
determine an identity for a first system using the digital representation of the biometric;
locate a first record in the first system associated with the identity using the digital representation of the biometric;
locate a second record in a second system using the digital representation of the biometric; and
dedupe the first record and the second record.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein an entity controls the first system and the second system.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a first entity controls the first system and a second entity controls the second system.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first record is associated with a first biometric template of a first type;
the second record is associated with a second biometric template of a second type; and
the at least one processing unit performs biometric template translation in order to compare the first biometric template to the second biometric template.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing unit provides identity information obtained using the identity to the first system.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing unit copies information from the second record to the first record as part of deduping the first record and the second record.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing unit removes information from the first record as part of deduping the first record and the second record.
8 . A system for integrating distributed systems, comprising:
at least one non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions; and
at least one processing unit that executes the instructions to:
obtain a digital representation of a biometric;
determine an identity using the digital representation of the biometric;
locate a first record in a first system associated with the identity;
locate a second record in a second system associated with the identity; and
dedupe the first record and the second record.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processing unit:
obtains identity information using the identity; and
locates the first record using the identity information.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processing unit locates the second record using the identity information.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processing unit:
locates the first record by creating a new record; and
dedupes the first record and the second record by copying information from the second record to the new record.
12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first record and the second record are medical records.
13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processing unit obtains permission of a person associated with the identity before exchanging information between the first record and the second record.
14 . A system for integrating distributed systems, comprising:
at least one non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions; and
at least one processing unit that executes the instructions to:
use identity information to locate a first record in a first system;
use identity information to locate a second record in a second system;
determine that the first record and the second record cannot be verified as associated with a same person within a threshold certainty;
obtain a digital representation of a biometric for a person associated with the first record; and
use the digital representation of the biometric to determine whether the person is associated with the second record.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processing unit dedupes the first record and the second record upon determining that the person is associated with the second record.
16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processing unit links the first record and the second record upon determining that the person is associated with the second record.
17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processing unit requests the person for the digital representation of the biometric.
18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the identity information comprises at least one of a name, an address, a birth date, or an identification number.
19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein:
the digital representation of the biometric is a first biometric template of a first type; and
the second record is associated with a second biometric template of a second type.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processing unit translates the first biometric template in order to compare the first biometric template to the second biometric template.