Method for using fingerprints to distribute information over a network
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1. A method for distributing information from a provider to a user over a network comprising:
- transferring first user fingerprint data to the provider via the network;
injecting the first user fingerprint data into an information access program of the provider; and
transferring the information access program including the injected first user fingerprint data to the user via the network.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for distributing information from a provider to a user over a network. User fingerprint data is obtained from the user and transferred to the provider via the network. The provider injects the user fingerprint data into an information access program and transfers the information access program back to the user via the network. Direct user fingerprint data is then obtained from the user and compared to the injected user fingerprint data. If there is a match, the user is enabled to use the information access program.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for distributing information from a provider to a user over a network comprising:
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transferring first user fingerprint data to the provider via the network; injecting the first user fingerprint data into an information access program of the provider; and transferring the information access program including the injected first user fingerprint data to the user via the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for distributing information from a provider to a user over a network, the apparatus comprising:
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a digital computer having input means for allowing the entering of first user fingerprint data; means coupled to the network and the digital computer for transferring first user fingerprint data to the provider via the network; means coupled to the network for injecting the first user fingerprint data into an information access program of the provider; and means coupled to the network for transferring the information access program including the injected first user fingerprint data to the user via the network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture for use in a computer system for distributing information from a provider to a user over a network, the computer having a keyboard, pointing device, visual display, and data storage device, the article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium, the program code means including:
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computer readable program code means embodied in the computer usable medium for causing a computer to transfer first user fingerprint data to the provider via the network; computer readable program code means embodied in the computer usable medium for causing a computer to inject the first user fingerprint data into an information access program of the provider; and computer readable program code means embodied in the computer usable medium for causing a computer to transfer the information access program including the injected first user fingerprint data to the user via the network. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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