Personal digital key initialization and registration for secure transactions
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- reading, with a programming device, notary information from a notary personal digital key (PDK) to determine whether a notary is authorized to witness an initialization of a first PDK;
determining, with the programming device, a status of the notary PDK based at least in part on a registry including data describing the status of the notary PDK;
responsive to determining that the status of the notary PDK is in a good standing, determining, with the programming device, that the notary PDK is authorized to witness the initialization of the first PDK;
acquiring a biometric input from a user, wherein the acquisition is witnessed by the notary; and
responsive to the notary being authorized, storing a biometric profile on the first 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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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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reading, with a programming device, notary information from a notary personal digital key (PDK) to determine whether a notary is authorized to witness an initialization of a first PDK; determining, with the programming device, a status of the notary PDK based at least in part on a registry including data describing the status of the notary PDK; responsive to determining that the status of the notary PDK is in a good standing, determining, with the programming device, that the notary PDK is authorized to witness the initialization of the first PDK; acquiring a biometric input from a user, wherein the acquisition is witnessed by the notary; and responsive to the notary being authorized, storing a biometric profile on the first PDK. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a personal digital key (PDK) interface adapted to receive notary information from a notary PDK for determining whether a notary is authorized to witness initialization; a biometric reader adapted to acquire a biometric input from the user; and a processor coupled to the PDK interface and the biometric reader to determine that the notary PDK is authorized to witness an initialization based at least in part on the notary information and responsive to determining that a status of the notary PDK is in good standing, to instruct the PDK interface to write a biometric profile based on the biometric input to a user PDK responsive to authorization of the notary PDK. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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