Secure communications smartphone system
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1. A method for secure communications, the method comprising:
- receiving a communication sent over a communication network at a recipient device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is not accessible based on a set of biometric locks specific to a communication type of the received communication, wherein another communication type is associated with a different set of biometric locks;
receiving biometric input at a biometric sensor of the recipient device;
authenticating the received biometric input as belonging to an identified recipient of the communication and corresponding to the set of biometric locks specific to the type of the received communication;
allowing access to the biometrically locked portion of the communication based on the authentication;
identifying the sender device that sent the communication; and
transmitting a biometric receipt over the communication network to the sender device.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and non-transitory data storage media are provided for secured communications where biometrics are used to secure communications sent over a data communication path. A sender of a secured communication may identify one or more biometrics required from a recipient before the recipient is allowed to interpret, read, view, or listen to the communication. Communications secured by the present invention may include email, text messages, iMessages, files, links, Universal Resource Locators (URLs), videos, photos, attachments, or other forms of electronic data or media communications.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for secure communications, the method comprising:
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receiving a communication sent over a communication network at a recipient device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is not accessible based on a set of biometric locks specific to a communication type of the received communication, wherein another communication type is associated with a different set of biometric locks; receiving biometric input at a biometric sensor of the recipient device; authenticating the received biometric input as belonging to an identified recipient of the communication and corresponding to the set of biometric locks specific to the type of the received communication; allowing access to the biometrically locked portion of the communication based on the authentication; identifying the sender device that sent the communication; and transmitting a biometric receipt over the communication network to the sender device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by processor to perform a method for secure communications, the method comprising:
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receiving a communication sent over a communication network at a recipient device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is not accessible based on a set of biometric locks specific to a communication type of the received communication, wherein another communication type is associated with a different set of biometric locks; receiving biometric input at a biometric sensor of the recipient device; authenticating the received biometric input as belonging to an identified recipient of the communication and corresponding to the set of biometric locks specific to the type of the received communication; allowing access to the biometrically locked portion of the communication based on the authentication; identifying the sender device that sent the communication; and transmitting a biometric receipt over the communication network for receipt by the sender device of the communication, wherein the sender device receives the biometric receipt. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for secure communications, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface that receives a communication, wherein at least a portion of the received communication is not accessible based on a set of biometric locks specific to a communication type of the received communication, wherein another communication type is associated with a different set of biometric locks; a biometric input sensor that receives a biometric input; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor executing instructions out of the memory; authenticates the received biometric input as belonging to an identified recipient device and corresponding to the set of biometric locks specific to the type of the received communication; allows access to the biometrically locked portion of the communication based on the authentication, identifies the sender device that sent the communication; and prepares a biometric receipt for transmission over the communication interface to the sender device, wherein the biometric receipt is transmitted over the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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