US 12,265,598 B2
Method and system for remote voter identity verification and liveness detection in an online voting system
Matthew Heuman, Kitchener (CA)
Appl. No. 17/763,705
Filed by Matthew Heuman, Kitchener (CA)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/051280
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/056111, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,709, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0405366 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/40 (2022.01); G07C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/40 (2022.01); G07C 13/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A voting method, comprising:
a) connecting with a user device of a user in a first connection session;
b) receiving, during the first session, a registration request from a user device of a user, the registration request including a set of at least one piece of identifying information;
c) prompting, during the first session, the user to provide a first set of at least one image of a face of the user;
d) receiving, during the first session, the first set of at least one image of the face of the user;
e) determining that the user is eligible based, at least in part, on the first set of at least one image;
f) creating, in response to determining that the user is eligible, a token;
g) storing a voting authority copy of the token and providing a user device copy of the token to the user device;
h) connecting with the user device in a second connection session subsequent to a termination of the first connection session;
i) receiving, during the second connection session, an access request from the user device, including the user device copy of the token;
j) comparing, during the second connection session, the user device copy of the token to the voting authority copy of the token and determining that the user device copy of the token matches the voting authority copy of the token;
k) prompting, during the second connection session, the user to provide a second set of at least one image of the face of the user;
l) comparing, during the second connection session, the second set of at least one image to the first set of at least one image and determining that the second set of at least one image matches the first set of at least one image; and
m) during the second session, approving the access request and granting access to the user device to provide a vote.