Patent ID: 8156323

Claim:
A method for providing voice chats for a game console-based online financial institution service, the method comprising: executing, on a game console device, an online financial institution service application; receiving, at the game console device, a user request to initiate a voice chat session via the online financial institution service; establishing one of a Secured Socket Layer (SSL) protocol tunneled network connection or a Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol tunneled network connection between the game console device and a network entity associated with the financial institution, wherein the network connection is established by communicating a game console identifier from the game console device to the network entity and bi-directional exchange of digital certificates between the game console device and the network entity; accessing and controlling a voice input mechanism associated with the gaming console and a voice output mechanism associated with the game console based on receipt of the user request; receiving, at the voice input mechanism, user voice inputs for the voice chat session encrypting and hashing, at the game console device, the user voice inputs; and communicating the user voice inputs via one of the SSL protocol tunneled network connection or the TLS protocol tunneled network connection to the network entity associated with the financial institution.