Biometric authentication of mobile financial transactions by trusted service managers
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1. A user device unlocking system, comprising:
- a processing system that is located in a user device;
a non-transitory memory system that is located in the user device and that stores instructions that, when executed by the processing system, provide an operating system;
a biometric trait data input device that is located on the user device;
tunnel circuitry that is coupled to the biometric trait data input device and configured to prevent access to biometric trait data captured by the biometric trait data input device and transmitted through the tunnel circuitry by non-authorized subsystems in the user device; and
a secure element that is located in the user device, that is coupled to the biometric trait data input device through the tunnel circuitry, and that stores biometric trait authentication data, wherein the secure element is configured to receive biometric trait data of a user directly from the biometric trait data input device through the tunnel circuitry and prevent capture of the biometric trait data by an application on the user device, verify the biometric trait data using the biometric trait authentication data and, in response to the verification of the biometric trait data, unlock the user device to provide access to the operating system.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises storing a biometric trait of a user in a data communication device of the user, comparing a biometric trait input into the device with the biometric trait stored in the device, generating a certificate authenticating the user within the device if the biometric trait input into the device matches the biometric trait stored in the device, and facilitating a financial transaction of the user using the certificate.
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1. A user device unlocking system, comprising:
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a processing system that is located in a user device; a non-transitory memory system that is located in the user device and that stores instructions that, when executed by the processing system, provide an operating system; a biometric trait data input device that is located on the user device; tunnel circuitry that is coupled to the biometric trait data input device and configured to prevent access to biometric trait data captured by the biometric trait data input device and transmitted through the tunnel circuitry by non-authorized subsystems in the user device; and a secure element that is located in the user device, that is coupled to the biometric trait data input device through the tunnel circuitry, and that stores biometric trait authentication data, wherein the secure element is configured to receive biometric trait data of a user directly from the biometric trait data input device through the tunnel circuitry and prevent capture of the biometric trait data by an application on the user device, verify the biometric trait data using the biometric trait authentication data and, in response to the verification of the biometric trait data, unlock the user device to provide access to the operating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for unlocking a secure system, comprising:
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reading, by a biometric reader that is coupled to a secured system, biometric data; transmitting, to a secure portion of a secured system from the biometric reader and through tunnel circuitry that is configured to prevent capture of the biometric data captured by an application on a device, the biometric data; authenticating, using biometric authentication data that is stored in the secure portion of the secured system, the biometric data; transmitting, from the secure portion of the secured system to an unlocking subsystem of the secured system, an authentication confirmation in response to authenticating the biometric data; and unlocking, by the unlocking subsystem of the secured system in response to receiving the authentication confirmation, the secured system to provide access to functionality provided by the secured system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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configuring a secure element in a lockable computer to receive and store biometric verification data; configuring a biometric input system on the lockable computer to receive a biometric input and provide the biometric input to the secure element through tunnel circuitry that is configured to prevent capture of the biometric input captured by the biometric input system by an application on the lockable computer; configuring the secure element to compare the biometric input to the biometric verification data to determine a match and provide an unlock instruction to the lockable computer in response to determining the match; configuring the lockable computer to unlock in response to receiving the unlock instruction; and configuring the lockable computer to provide access to an operating system in response to unlocking. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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