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Granted Patent B2
US 12,579,241 · App. 18/280,199 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Server-based biometric authentication system for partner businesses, server device, authentication terminal, control method of server device, and storage medium

Inventors: Taichi Okumura (Tokyo, JP); Noriyuki Hiramoto (Tokyo, JP); Honami Yuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06F21/32G06Q20/40145G06V40/172
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Patent No.
US 12,579,241
App. No.
18/280,199
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A server device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire biometric information of each of a plurality of employees working in a first company and registers the biometric information in a database; execute biometric authentication using biometric information of a first authentication target and the plurality of pieces of biometric information registered in the database, the biometric information of the first authentication target being included in a first authentication request transmitted from a first authentication terminal installed in a second company having a partnership with the first company; and manage so that the first authentication target has clocked in to the first company when authentication is successful.

Claims (18)

1 . An authentication terminal comprising:

at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to:

display a graphical user interface that enables a user to select whether to visit a second company as an employee of a first company or to visit the second company as a general customer, the second company having a partnership with the first company;

in a case where the user selects visiting the second company as the employee of the first company, transmit an authentication request including first biometric information that is biometric information of the user to a server device that stores biometric information of each employee at work in the first company and processes the authentication request;

in a case where a successful authentication result determination is received, control a gate to open, thereby permitting the user to enter the second company; and

in a case where a failed authentication result determination is received, control the gate to close, thereby refusing entry of the user to the second company; and

in a case where the user selects visiting the second company as a general customer, open the gate, thereby permitting the user to enter the second company without transmitting the authentication request.

2 . An authentication terminal comprising:

at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to:

acquire an intention of a user regarding a product or a service provided by a second company having a partnership with a first company;

when the intention indicates the user intends to order the product or service, transmit an authentication request including first biometric information that is biometric information of the user to a server device that stores database biometric information that is biometric information of each employee at work in the first company and processes the authentication request;

receive a successful authentication result based on determining the user is an employee of the first company and the user is in a working state for the first company;

present a first menu to the user when the successful authentication result is received from the server device, the first menu not including a product or a service that is irrelevant to company execution by the employee of the first company; and

present a second menu to the user when a failed authentication result is received from the server device, the second menu including the product or the service that is irrelevant to the company execution by the employee of the first company.

3 . The authentication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the second company is a restaurant or a cafeteria having a partnership with the first company.

4 . The authentication terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the second company is a restaurant or a cafeteria having a partnership with the first company.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2023
From: OKUMURA, TAICHI; HIRAMOTO, NORIYUKI; YUKI, HONAMI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064781/0081 →
Continuity (1)
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