Abstract: A security system provides a security score (125) that corresponds to a likelihood that received content material (101) is authorized to be rendered, and controls (250) the rendering of the material based on the security score (125). The security score (125) can be compared (240) to a security criteria (151) that is associated with the material being rendered, so that different material impose different constraints. The security score (125) may also control (320) a level of quality/fidelity of the rendering of the material, so that, for example, a high-fidelity copy of the material is only provided when a high degree of confidence is established that providing a copy is authorized.

Abstract: A fingerprint system (80) implements a fingerprint authentication method (20) for a user fingerprint image (UFI) based on a plurality of control fingerprint images (CFI). The method involves (S24) a detection of at least one control point within a user fingerprint image (UFI) and at least one control point within each control fingerprint image (CFI), (S26) a superimposing of the user fingerprint image (UFI) with each control fingerprint image (CFI) as a function of a movement of one or more control points within at least one the user fingerprint image and one or more control fingerprint images, and (S28) an authentication of the control fingerprint image (CFI) having the shortest superimposition distance with the user fingerprint image (UFI) as an identified fingerprint image (IFI).

Abstract: A fingerprint system (80) implements a fingerprint authentication method (20, 60) for a user fingerprint image (UFI) based on a plurality of control fingerprint images (CFI). The method involves a transformation of each control fingerprint image (CFI) into a transformed control fingerprint image (TCFI) as a function of a pressure map (PM) associated with the user fingerprint image (UFI), a matching of each transformed control fingerprint image (TCFI) to the user fingerprint image (UF 1), and an authentication of the transformed control fingerprint image (TCFI) having a best match with the user fingerprint image (UFI) as an identified fingerprint image (IFI).

Abstract: Multiple biometric samples (180) of an authorized user are associated with protected material (170), and access (250) to protected material (170) is based on a comparison of a sample (210) of a biometric to these multiple protection-samples (180) of the biometric. The likelihood of wrongly-denying access to the material is controlled by the criteria used in the comparison (240) of the access-sample to each protection-sample. The likelihood of wrongly-allowing access to the material is controlled by the criteria used to grant access (370) based on the multiple comparisons. To further control the likelihood of wrongly-allowing access to the material, multiple biometric samples (210) are collected during the access-granting period, and these multiple access-samples (210) are compared to the multiple protection-samples (180).

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendation according to the preferences of the user based on the user's past viewing history. The system keeps track of the program image contents watched by a user to generate a user's preference. Then, a plurality of recommendations based on the viewer's viewing habit stored in the user profile is offered to the user, so that the user can selectively watch the programs of his or her interest.