Patent ID: 8271786

Claim:
A method for providing secure communications between first and second peer devices, comprising: generating a wireless link from the first peer device; creating a zone of privacy with the first peer device that is defined by restricting a range of the wireless link to a predetermined communication range that is less than a second communication range used for transferring data to the second peer device on the wireless link after the first and second peer devices verify an authenticity of each other, wherein restricting a range of the wireless link comprises operating a power source, wherein the power source is associated with the wireless link, at a sufficiently low power whereby the range of the wireless link is limited to the predetermined communication range; allowing the first and second peer devices to verify the authenticity of each other only while the second peer device is within the zone of privacy, and activating a cue, wherein the cue is an indicator on the first peer device that provides an indication to a user, and the cue is activated only when the second peer device enters the zone of privacy; and allowing encrypted data to transfer between the first and second peer devices only after the authenticity of each peer device has been verified, wherein the encrypted data transfer includes the first peer device transmitting at least some of the encrypted data to the second peer device on the wireless link in the second communication range greater than the predetermined communication range.