Stay Tuned For The Upcoming Version Of The SIGNificant Biometric Server

August 31st, 2009

Many companies today automate their business processes and document workflow procedures, leaving the approval stage as the only element which requires the use
of paper in order to capture a handwritten signature. The SIGNificant Suite, including the Biometric Server, helps introduce your company to the era of electronic signing.

The SIGNificant Server Web Signing Interface and SIGNificant Client record the handwritten signature of a person (by parameters of pressure, acceleration, speed, rhythm and movements in the air) and embed the signature into the electronic document. The SIGNificant Biometric Server allows for the possibility to perform a real-time biometric verification of a person’s signature to the SIGNificant platform by comparing the recorded parameters of his handwritten signatures against his pre-enrolled profile. Thus documents are only processed if their signers were authenticated.

Product Description

Enrollment
The process is initiated by the user’s enrollment. The enrollment process requires 6 initial signatures or can be done continually over time. Using a digital pen and tablet, users naturally sign their personal handwritten signature, exactly the same as using a wet-ink pen and ordinary paper.

Signature Profile Creation and Handling
The user’s signatures are stored in profiles. The system can handle numerous profiles per user. For example one profile for the standard signature and another profile for signing only with the initials. When verifying a signature, the Significant Biometric Server compares the signatures to the profile.

Signature Verification and Learning
Each time a user utilizes the system to verify his signature, the Biometric Server compares the current signature to the signature profiles. Upon each authentication, the server continues to learn and finetunes the user’s profile. This enables the system to track gradualshifts in the handwritten signature over time.

Features

Dynamic Signatures Verification – the system utilizes distinctiveaspects of the handwritten signature such as rhythm, speed, pressure, acceleration and movement by measuring the physical activity of signing.
Static Signature Verification – the system compares scanned signature images. Static signature verification can be combined with dynamic signature verification and vice versa.
Hardware Independent – supports multiple capturing devices and manufacturers (tablet, TabletPC, PDA, Electronic Pen, etc.).
High Security Concept – secure storage and communication for signature data.
Automatic Detection of Variations – the server does not use a constant test for all signers, since some users sign in a very consistent way, whereas others sign with a greater discrepancy between signatures. The server automatically detects thesevariations and builds the personal profile as secure as possible.
Versatile Threshold Factor – enabling a varying authentication process for different environments, allowing organizations to easily adjust the balance between customer acceptance and security.
Clear & Fast Verification Results – the verification is performed in a transparent manner. The server compares the signature to the updated personal profile in the database and enables or rejects the entry within milliseconds.
Constant Profile Enriching – a dynamic mechanism recognizes the fluctuation rate in each of the signature parameters in real time, thus nourishing the authentication engine with added parameters and enhancing the profile every time a signature is profiled.
Audit Trail – detailed protocol of users’ security relevant actions (enrollment, signature verification, suspension of signature profiles).
Small Sized Profile Files – the Personal Profiles require only a few hundred bytes of storage space regardless of the signature size and complexity.
High Accuracy Level – by capturing all hand movements to guarantee the highest level of accuracy and flexibility. A very accurate personal profile for authentication is created over time when a series of signatures are accumulated for an individual.
Migration of existing signature samples – the load of existing biometric signature database can be used by the Biometric Server, eliminating the need to start building a database from scratch.
Seamless Integration – using an extensive API that allows biometric authentications and enrollment of profiles to be an integrated part of any legacy application.
Dynamic – has the ability to adjust dynamically to all future, inherent changes in the person’s signature. As the Biometric Server tracks each person’s natural fluctuations over time, the profile continues to learn and remains updated and reliable over time.
Easy Management – the signature profile database is easily managed, enabling the administrator to perform a series of operations for each profile including suspending, resetting or deleting the profile.
and many more….