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Solution Composition

The Border Control Platform is a single, unified biometric platform with six modules grouped under one solution. Each module is independently documented, but together they form one end-to-end traveler-management system — from pre-registration through automated crossing.

Modules at a glance​

ModuleRole
Traveler Identity ServiceThe platform's identity service and single integration point for matching. Owns the traveler register and biometric data repository, and fronts the ABIS matcher — integrators enroll, identify, and verify through TIS; the matcher itself is never accessed directly.
Traveler Management ModulePerson-centric operational repository. Owns workflows, encounter and journey logic, dashboards, officer-facing UI.
Pre-Enrollment ToolkitSDK suite for traveler-facing apps (mobile + web). Self-service from-home enrollment with document auto-capture, face liveness, and contactless fingerprint capture via the device camera on Android and iOS — no specialized hardware.
Kiosk & PC Enrollment ToolkitCross-platform SDK for self-service or assisted enrollment at kiosks or PCs. Face, iris, slap fingerprint capture with on-device matching.
Border Post ModuleFully delivered, customized officer workstation. Custom solution, on-demand for on-prem. Enrollment, identification, and verification at the counter.
Mobile Field Biometric ToolkitAndroid SDK for rugged handhelds. Land borders, mobile checkpoints, in-field enforcement, on-device matching for offline operation.

How the modules fit together​

The modules are layered around the central biometric engine:

  • Traveler Identity Service sits at the center — the identity and matching service that every other module reads from and writes to. It owns the traveler and biometric data and fronts the embedded ABIS matcher; the matcher is never reached directly.
  • Traveler Management Module sits on top of TIS and adds operational semantics (workflows, encounters, journeys) plus an officer-facing UI.
    • Future direction: traveler and movement intelligence with agentic support — automated assistance for officer triage, anomaly detection, and decision support layered on top of the existing journey and encounter data.
  • Border Post Module is the operator workstation at the border counter — uses TIS for matching and registers traveler interactions with Traveler Management.
  • Pre-Enrollment Toolkit and Kiosk & PC Enrollment Toolkit are SDKs the integrator embeds into a passenger-facing app — they hand captures back to TIS for enrollment and dedup.
  • Mobile Field Biometric Toolkit is the equivalent toolkit for officer-led handheld operations away from the border post.

The Border Control Platform integrates with downstream automated-crossing endpoints — the Smart Corridors & e-Gates solution, which runs in-motion identification and gate verification at the site level. TIS distributes time-windowed identity subsets to those corridors and gates, and consumes their encounter events back.

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