US 12,444,261 B2
Voter identification using mobile identification credential
Daniel A. Boyd, Arlington, VA (US); Kelli L Biegger, McLean, VA (US); Chang Ellison, Arlington, VA (US); Brandon P. Gutierrez, Burke, VA (US); Jason Lim, Alexandria, VA (US); William Washington, North Potomac, MD (US); Arun Vemury, North Bethesda, MD (US); and Nathan Grebasch, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/228,274.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/009,728, filed on Apr. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0319642 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 13/00 (2013.01) 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a voter having a voter device to request a voting ballot for an election from an election office having an election office system, the method comprising:
receiving, by the election office system from the voter device, a request for the voting ballot for the election, part or all of voter identification (ID) information associated with a first mobile identification credential (MIC) which includes the voter ID information, wherein a first authorizing party system (a first APS) is a separate system from the election office system and has electronically provisioned the first MIC including the voter ID information comprising at least one of biographic information or biometric information or unique information of the voter onto the voter device, and consented data indication which indicates the part or all of voter ID information that is authorized by the voter device for release by the first APS to the election office system, the first APS having verified the voter ID information before the election office system receives from the voter device the request for the voting ballot for the election, the part or all of voter ID information which has been verified by the first APS to be provided to the election office system as verified part or all of voter ID information;
using, by the election office system, the verified part or all of voter ID information included in the first MIC, to verify or not verify an identity of the voter;
granting, by the election office system, the request to provide the voting ballot to the voter if the identity of the voter is verified; and
denying, by the election office system, the request to provide the voting ballot to the voter if the identity of the voter is not verified.