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A distributed biometric identification system and architecture for rapidly identifying individuals using fingerprint and photographic data. The present architecture includes a centralized server coupled to a plurality of distributed client workstations by way of a wide area telecommunications networ

A distributed biometric identification system and architecture for rapidly identifying individuals using fingerprint and photographic data. The present architecture includes a centralized server coupled to a plurality of distributed client workstations by way of a wide area telecommunications network. The server and client workstations each contain subsystems that cooperate to provide personnel identification services to users of the system. The distributed biometric identification system is designed to rapidly identify personnel based on the use of biometric (i.e., fingerprint or photograph) or other unique identification data. The system is an integrated, front-end automated fingerprint and photographic identification tool that supports comprehensive application processing and administrative systems, such as those of the INS and other government agencies.

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[ What is claimed is:] [2.] A distributed biometric identification system for identifying individuals, comprising:a plurality of client workstations;a server remotely located from the client workstations comprising:a transaction management subsystem;a fingerprint database for storing fingerprint min

[ What is claimed is:] [2.] A distributed biometric identification system for identifying individuals, comprising:a plurality of client workstations;a server remotely located from the client workstations comprising:a transaction management subsystem;a fingerprint database for storing fingerprint minutiae of individuals of interest to users of the system;a matching controller subsystem having a benefit matching subsystem, a recidivist matching subsystem, a lookout matching subsystem, and an asylum matching subsystem and interfacing with the transaction management subsystem and the fingerprint database for matching fingerprints of individuals to fingerprints stored in the fingerprint database;an image storage and retrieval subsystem for storing and retrieving compressed fingerprint images and photographic images of individuals; anda communications network interconnecting the client workstations to the server;wherein the client workstations and the server cooperate to compare fingerprints of an individual against previously obtained fingerprints stored in the fingerprint database, and to store, update, and retrieve fingerprints and photographic images associated with the individuals previously stored in the image storage and retrieval subsystem for comparison with fingerprint data and a photograph taken of the individual.