PERSONAL DIGITAL KEY INITIALIZATION AND REGISTRATION FOR SECURE TRANSACTIONS
First Claim
1. A method of using a programmer to initialize a personal digital key (PDK) for use in secure authentication, comprising:
- reading user information from a user PDK to determine if the user is authorized for initialization;
reading notary information from a notary PDK to determine if the notary is authorized to administer the initialization; and
acquiring a biometric input from the user, wherein the acquisition is witnessed by the notary; and
responsive to the user and notary being authorized, storing a biometric profile based on the acquired biometric input to the user'"'"'s PDK.
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Abstract
A system and method provide efficient, secure, and highly reliable authentication for transaction processing and/or access control applications. A personal digital key (PDK) is programmed using a trusted programming device to initialize and/or register the PDK for use. In one embodiment, the initialization and registration processes are administered by a specialized trusted Notary to ensure the processes follow defined security procedures. In a biometric initialization, the programming device acquires a biometric input from a user and writes the biometric data to a tamperproof memory in the PDK. In registration, the Programmer communicates to one or more remote registries to create or update entries associated with the user PDK. Once initialized and registered, the PDK can be used for various levels of secure authentication processes.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of using a programmer to initialize a personal digital key (PDK) for use in secure authentication, comprising:
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reading user information from a user PDK to determine if the user is authorized for initialization;
reading notary information from a notary PDK to determine if the notary is authorized to administer the initialization; and
acquiring a biometric input from the user, wherein the acquisition is witnessed by the notary; and
responsive to the user and notary being authorized, storing a biometric profile based on the acquired biometric input to the user'"'"'s PDK. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for programming a user'"'"'s personal digital key (PDK) for use in secure authentication, comprising:
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a PDK interface adapted to receive user information from a user PDK and receive notary information from a notary PDK;
a biometric reader, the biometric reader adapted to acquire a biometric input from the user; and
a processor coupled to the PDK interface and the biometric reader, the processor adapted to instruct the PDK interface to write a biometric profile based on the biometric input to the user PDK responsive to determining that the user information and the notary information are valid. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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