Patent ID: 8510557

Claim:
A secure message and file delivery method of delivering an electronic message from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising: registering a sender for biometric authentication, wherein registering comprises capturing a fingerprint scan of the sender and storing a private key in an authentication database responsive to the fingerprint scan; biometrically authenticating the sender, wherein authenticating comprises transmitting software code to a sender's device, scanning a fingerprint of the sender at the sender's device, creating a numerical index of the fingerprint to form a public key at the sender's device responsively to scanning the fingerprint, receiving the public key over a secure connection, and authenticating the public key with the private key in an authentication database; receiving an electronic message from the sender through a secure connection to the sender; storing the electronic message, wherein the electronic message is encrypted prior to storing; notifying a recipient of the electronic message; and delivering the electronic message through a secure connection to the recipient.