Patent ID: 7017182

Claim:
A method of securely transmitting information comprising the steps of (a) providing information to be transmitted from a first person to a second person, (b) obtaining a sender fingerprint of the first person and a receiver fingerprint of the second person, each fingerprint having ridge endings and bifurcations, (c) identifying a first configuration and a second configuration, each configuration respectively comprising positions of a plurality of the ridge endings and bifurcations in a planar system of coordinates superimposed onto the sender fingerprint and the receiver fingerprint, (d) the first person using the first configuration to create a first encoding key to encrypt the information thereby forming a first cryptogram, (e) the first person delivering the first encoding key to a key control system independent of the first person and the second person, (f) the second person using the second configuration to create a second encoding key, (g) the second person delivering the second encoding key to the key control system, (h) the first person transmitting the first cryptogram to the key control system, (i) the key control system decrypting the first cryptogram using the first encoding key as a decoding key to obtain a copy of the information; (j) the key control system encrypting the copy using the second encoding key as an encoding key and thereby forming a second cryptogram, (k) the key control system transmitting the second cryptogram to the second person, (j) the second person decrypting the second cryptogram using the second encoding key as a decoding key.