METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE ACCESS PAYMENT AND IDENTIFICATION
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1. According system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
- a first handheld device including;
a first processor, the processor programmed to authenticate the user of the first handheld device based on authentication information; and
a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processor and programmed to transmit via a network a first wireless signal including to the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device; and
a second device including;
a second processor;
a display;
a user interface coupled to the second processor, the user interface and the processor configured for operation by a user of the second device;
a second wireless transceiver coupled to the second processor, anda second memory coupled to the second processor and configured to store respective information for a first plurality of users, wherein the first plurality of users includes the user of the first handheld device;
wherein the first handheld device is programmed to transmit the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device to the second device via the network,wherein the second processor is configured to;
receive the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device, and is configured to perform one of;
retrieve biometric information of the user of the first handheld device from stored biometric information of a plurality of first users stored in second memory of the second device, andreceive biometric information of the user of the first handheld received by the second wireless receiver, andwherein the second processor is also configured to combine at least a portion of the authentication information with the biometric information to provide combined information, and to use the combined information 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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1. According system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
a first handheld device including; a first processor, the processor programmed to authenticate the user of the first handheld device based on authentication information; and a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processor and programmed to transmit via a network a first wireless signal including to the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device; and a second device including; a second processor; a display; a user interface coupled to the second processor, the user interface and the processor configured for operation by a user of the second device; a second wireless transceiver coupled to the second processor, and a second memory coupled to the second processor and configured to store respective information for a first plurality of users, wherein the first plurality of users includes the user of the first handheld device; wherein the first handheld device is programmed to transmit the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device to the second device via the network, wherein the second processor is configured to; receive the authentication information of the user of the first handheld device, and is configured to perform one of; retrieve biometric information of the user of the first handheld device from stored biometric information of a plurality of first users stored in second memory of the second device, and receive biometric information of the user of the first handheld received by the second wireless receiver, and wherein the second processor is also configured to combine at least a portion of the authentication information with the biometric information to provide combined information, and to use the combined information 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)
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16. A method of authenticating an identity of a first entity, comprising the acts of:
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authenticating, with a first handheld device, a user of the first handheld device as the first entity based on authentication information; receiving with a second device, first authentication information of the first entity wirelessly transmitted from the first handheld device; wherein the method further comprises at least one of; retrieving from a memory included in the second device a biometric to data of the first entity from biometric information for a first plurality of users stored in the memory of the second device, and receiving biometric data of the first entity at the second device; displaying, with the second device, the biometric data of the first entity; and authenticating with the second device the identity of the first entity based upon the first authentication information and the biometric data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for authenticating identities of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
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an authentication device including; a processor; a display; a user interface coupled to the processor, the user interface configured for operation by a user of the device; a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled to the processor 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; wherein the processor is configured to; receive a first portion of biometric information of a user of a first handheld device; retrieve the 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, form a combined biometric for display on the display included in the device by combining the first portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device with the second portion of biometric information of the user of the first handheld device, and to wherein the combined biometric is employed to authenticate an identity of the user of the first handheld device.
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