Patent 7652780 was granted and assigned to Cross Match Technologies Limited on January, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A web-enabled live scanner is provided. In one embodiment, a live scanner includes an image interface capable of being coupled to a network. A camera detects an image of a print. The image is stored in a memory. The image interface includes a web server, socket server, and a picture taker. A remote user can use a browser to control the web-enabled live scanner over a network.