Patent ID: 7861092
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A personal communication apparatus for generating a verifiable recording of a transaction, the transaction comprising an exchange of information, the apparatus comprising: a receiving component for receiving a transaction between a user of the apparatus and a remote person, and for receiving biometric data of the remote person; a protection component for protecting the transaction with the biometric data; a memory for storing the protected transaction; and a recording component for recording the protected transaction on the memory, wherein said recording in the memory is used as a transaction seed for generating an access key; wherein the protection component protects the transaction with the biometric data by generating one or more access keys (RANKY), encrypting the transaction with the one or more access keys (RANKY), protecting the one or more access keys with the biometric data, and storing the protected one or more access keys in the memory; and wherein the protection component uses a biometric key (BIOKY) to generate one or more security keys (ENCKY) for use in accessing the protected transaction, the biometric key (BIOKY) corresponding to or being generated from the biometric data.