December 16, 2009 (FinancialWire) — ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTC: IWSY), a leading developer of identity management solutions, has been awarded two additional patents, numbers 7,596,246 and 7,606,396, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for its scalable, multimodal, biometric fusion and analysis technologies.

These patents describe a system and method for fusing the matching results of multiple biometrics to improve the performance and accuracy over the use of a single biometric for identification and authentication.

The first new patent (# 7,596,246) details ImageWare’s intellectual property as it relates to scalable, multimodal biometric data management by using multiple, disparate biometric matching technologies and a “router” by which this data can be created, managed and queried. This patented open architecture is the foundation by which ImageWare’s Biometric Engine(R) enables the creation of high volume biometric solutions that use a multitude of biometric matching technologies leveraging different software and hardware architectures and accessed by multiple hardware and software clients.

The second new patent (# 7,606,396) defines the process by which multiple biometric modalities can be combined to accurately identify one or more individuals. This patent, combined with ImageWare’s patent on Biometric Fusion (# 7,362,884) complement the existing portfolio of biometric analytical technologies and workflow processes for combining multiple and disparate biometric matching algorithms to effectively verify and identify individuals based on multiple biometric modalities.

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