Patent ID: 6910132
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A secure computer resource access system, comprising: a fingerprint reading device for reading fingerprints of human users; a store of fingerprint data corresponding to a plurality of different users; an authorization system coupled to said reading device and configured to access said store and to associate an authorization level with a user based on the user's fingerprint; an access mechanism that defines a plurality of different authorization levels associated with a plurality of file resources, said access mechanism including at least one fingerprint matching module having a first secure interface to said fingerprint device and at least one authorization module having a second secure interface to said fingerprint matching module and a third secure interface to at least one resource access module; said access mechanism being responsive to said authorization system to control how a user can interact with said computer resource based on said associated authorization level; and a decryption service module in data communication with each of the fingerprint matching module, the authorization module and the resource access module and operable to provide decryption services thereto.