METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE ACCESS, PAYMENT AND IDENTIFICATION
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1. A system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
- a first handheld device including;
a biometric sensor programmed to receive a biometric input provided by a user of the first handheld device;
a processor coupled to the biometric sensor, the processor programmed to authenticate the user of the first handheld device based on the biometric input; and
a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor and programmed to transmit via a network a first wireless signal including a first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device; and
a second device including;
a processor;
a user interface coupled to the processor included in the second device and including a display, the user interface configured for operation by a user of the second device; and
a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor included in the second device; and
_p2 a memory coupled to the processor included in the second device and configured to store respective biometric information for a first plurality of users wherein the respective biometric information includes a second portion of biometric information of the first plurality of users, respectively, wherein the first plurality of users includes the user of the first handheld device;
wherein the first wireless transceiver is programmed to transmit the first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device to the second device via the network,wherein the processor included in the second device is configured to form a combined biometric for display on the display included in the second device by combining the first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device with a second portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device which is included in the biometric information for the first plurality of users, andwherein the combined biometric is employed by the user of the second device to authenticate an identity of the user of the first handheld device.
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Abstract
According to one aspect, the invention provides a system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users. In one embodiment, the system includes a first handheld device including a wireless transceiver which is configured to transmit authentication information, a second device including a wireless receiver, where the second device is configured to receive the authentication information.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
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a first handheld device including; a biometric sensor programmed to receive a biometric input provided by a user of the first handheld device; a processor coupled to the biometric sensor, the processor programmed to authenticate the user of the first handheld device based on the biometric input; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor and programmed to transmit via a network a first wireless signal including a first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device; and a second device including; a processor; a user interface coupled to the processor included in the second device and including a display, the user interface configured for operation by a user of the second device; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor included in the second device; and
_p2 a memory coupled to the processor included in the second device and configured to store respective biometric information for a first plurality of users wherein the respective biometric information includes a second portion of biometric information of the first plurality of users, respectively, wherein the first plurality of users includes the user of the first handheld device;wherein the first wireless transceiver is programmed to transmit the first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device to the second device via the network, wherein the processor included in the second device is configured to form a combined biometric for display on the display included in the second device by combining the first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device with a second portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device which is included in the biometric information for the first plurality of users, and wherein the combined biometric is employed by the user of the second device to authenticate an identity of the user of the first handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of authenticating an identity of a first entity, comprising the acts of:
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authenticating, by a first handheld device, a user of the first handheld device as the first entity based on a biometric input provided by the user to the first handheld device; receiving with a second device, first authentication information of the first entity wirelessly transmitted from the first handheld device, the first authentication information including a first portion of biometric data of the first entity; retrieving from a memory included in the second device a second portion of biometric data of the first entity from biometric information for a first plurality of users stored in the memory; combining, with the second device, the first portion of the biometric data and the second portion of the biometric data; and authenticating with the second device the identity of the first entity based upon the authentication information and the combination of the first portion of the biometric data and the second portion of the biometric data of the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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