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Secure messaging facility system

  • US 8,356,104 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2006
  • Issued: 01/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for transferring user authentication data, from an origin to a destination, comprising:

  • a user authentication server including a remote messaging facility service;

    a user authentication device configured to sense user input and derive user authentication data;

    a user computer communicatively coupled to the user authentication server and the user authentication device, and comprising;

    an application software module;

    a local messaging facility service in communication with the application software module, the local messaging facility service comprising;

    a plurality of dynamically-linked libraries (DLL) with at least one DLL of the plurality of DLLs initialized within the application software module;

    a mapping layer to coordinate communication among the plurality of DLLs;

    a plurality of message handlers to process messages from the plurality of DLLs, wherein at least a portion of the message handlers use a message class included in a message to determine which of the portion of the message handlers are to handle the message;

    an interface to a transport mechanism to communicate with remote message facility services; and

    a driver interface to communicate with the user authentication device;

    wherein a DLL of the plurality of DLLs is configured to;

    provide a communication bridge between the application software module and the local messaging facility service;

    obtain user authentication data from the user authentication device via either the application software module or the driver interface;

    create a secure message that includes the user authentication data; and

    transmit the secure message to the local messaging facility service, and wherein the local messaging facility service is configured to;

    receive the secure message from the DLL using a message handler from the plurality of message handlers;

    determine by the message handler the that the remote messaging facility service is a destination of the secure message based on destination information in the secure message; and

    route the secure message to the remote messaging facility service using the transport mechanism.

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