14. The system of claim 10 , the biometric identification information imager comprising at least one of a finger print scanner, a thumb print scanner, an iris scanner, a retina scanner, a voice recorder, facial feature scanner, a body mass composition scanner, a bodily fluid analyzer, a camera or a video recorder.
10. A system for identifying an individual, comprising: an operating interface via which a user requests identification of an individual via the system; a biometric identification information imager that images at least one first input biometric identifier for the individual in support of the identification request; a biometric information converter that converts the at least one first input biometric identifier for the individual to an individual identification text string; a data storage device that stores (1) a plurality of previously-stored text strings representing biometric identification information for a population of identifiable individuals, and (2) an established threshold criteria for comparing the individual identification text string to the plurality of previously-stored text strings; a text-based search engine that compares the individual identification text string to the plurality of previously-stored text strings representing the biometric identification information for members of the population of identifiable individuals; and an output device that executes an action based on results of the comparing when the comparing identifies whether the individual is a member of the population of identifiable individuals, the output device displaying results of the comparing that meet the established threshold criteria presented as a rank-ordered list derived from the population of identifiable individuals based on text strings from the plurality of stored text strings being determined to be substantially equivalent to the individual identification text string according to the established threshold criteria.