Patent ID: 7822232

Claim:
A handheld computing device for accessing secure data, the handheld computing device selected from the group consisting of a pocket, a palm-type computer, a cell-phone, and a pen-based computer, the handheld computing device including: a casing; a first biometric sensor being positioned at a first sensor site in the casing of the handheld computing device, the biometric sensor capturing biometric data relative to a first biometric property, the first biometric sensor being disposed at a first biometric sensor site, the placement of the first biometric sensor site in the casing of the handheld computing device enabling an incidental capture of the first biometric property of the user for purposes of identity authentication prior to each request to access the secure data, the placement of the first biometric sensor site in the casing of the handheld computing device enabling a continuous capture of the first biometric property of the user while the handheld computing device is being used; and a second biometric sensor being positioned at a second sensor site in the handheld computing device, the biometric sensor capturing biometric data relative to a second biometric property, the second biometric sensor being disposed at a second biometric sensor site, the placement of the second biometric sensor site enabling an incidental capture of the second biometric property of the user for purposes of identity authentication prior to each request to access the secure data, the placement of the second biometric sensor site enabling a continuous capture of the second biometric property of the user while the handheld computing device is being held.