Patent ID: 8311288

Claim:
A method for securely handling a set of documents on a network comprising: generating the set of documents; obtaining an initial biometric sample, wherein said initial biometric sample is represented as an encryption binary number; encrypting the set of documents using a security software, wherein said security software uses said encryption binary number as an encryption initialization seed in a data encryption algorithm; transmitting the encrypted set of documents across the network; deleting said initial biometric sample; obtaining, after said encrypting the set of documents, a verification biometric sample using a biometric reader, wherein said verification biometric sample is represented as a decryption binary number; using said decryption binary number as a decryption initialization seed in a data decryption algorithm, wherein if said initial biometric sample and said verification biometric sample match then said security software: decrypts the set of documents; and provides the set of documents to a user; and deleting said verification biometric sample.