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US 10,122,711 B2Granted
Secure communications methods for use with entrepreneurial prediction systems and methods
AssigneeKountable, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura
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Abstract
Secure communications methods for use with entrepreneurial prediction systems and methods are provided herein. An example method can include a two factor authentication of both a communications channel used by the entrepreneur (either by device or message attributes) and an identification of an identity of the entrepreneur from biometric parameters. This allows for secure communication with an entrepreneur when the entrepreneur is communicating from a geographical location of low trust, such as where device or identity theft is common.
Claims13
A method for verifying secure communications between a sending party and a receiving party over a communications network, the method comprising:
- determining if the sending or receiving parties are accessing the communications network from a geographical location of low trust, the geographical location of low trust comprising any location where malicious behavior such as identity theft or device theft occurs, the geographical location of low trust being determined from an inspection of global positioning system information of communications devices used by any of the sending or receiving parties;
- verifying a communications channel of the communications network by two-factor authentication, a first factor of the two-factor authentication comprising any of:
- authenticating the communications devices used by the sending party and the receiving party;
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- authenticating a message transmitted from the sending party to the receiving party using an encryption scheme and an error detection block associated with the message;
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- a second factor of the two-factor authentication comprising verifying the sending party by:
- receiving current biometric information for the sending party comprising any of a photograph of a face of the sending party, a fingerprint of the sending party, or a combination thereof, the current biometric information comprising biometric parameters that are compared to biometric parameters of pre-stored biometric information;
- authenticating the current biometric information against the pre-stored biometric information for the sending party to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
- extracting meta-data from the current biometric information;
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- authenticating the meta-data of the current biometric information against pre-stored meta-data for the sending party to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
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- transmitting the message to the receiving party if the communications channel and the sending party are verified.
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A method for verifying secure communications between a sending party and a receiving party over a communications network, the method comprising:
- determining if the sending or receiving parties are accessing the communications network from a geographical location of low trust, the geographical location of low trust comprising any location where malicious behavior such as identity theft or device theft occurs;
- verifying a communications channel of the communications network by:
- authenticating communications devices used by the sending party and the receiving party;
- or
- authenticating a message transmitted from the sending party to the receiving party using an encryption scheme and an error detection block associated with the message;
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- verifying the sending party by:
- receiving current biometric information for the sending party comprising any of a photograph of a face of the sending party, a fingerprint of the sending party, or a combination thereof;
- authenticating the current biometric information against pre-stored biometric information for the sending party to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
- extracting meta-data from the current biometric information;
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- authenticating the meta-data of the current biometric information against pre-stored meta-data for the sending party to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
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- transmitting the message to the receiving party if the communications channel and the sending party are verified.
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A method for verifying secure communications between a sending party and a receiving party over a communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving a message transmitted between the sending party and the receiving party;
- encrypting the message and associating the message with an error detection block;
- determining if the sending or receiving parties are accessing the communications network from a geographical location of low trust, the geographical location of low trust comprising any location where malicious behavior such as identity theft or device theft occurs;
- verifying a communications channel of the communications network by:
- authenticating communications devices used by the sending party and the receiving party;
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- verifying the sending party by:
- receiving current biometric information for the sending party comprising any of a photograph of a face of the sending party, a fingerprint of the sending party, or a combination thereof;
- authenticating the current biometric information against pre-stored biometric information for the sending party to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
- extracting meta-data from the current biometric information;
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- authenticating the meta-data of the current biometric information against pre-stored meta-data for the sending party to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
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- transmitting the message to the receiving party if the communications channel and the sending party are verified.
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A method for verifying secure communications over a communications network, the method comprising:
- pre-storing entrepreneur data that comprises location information and biometric information for an entrepreneur, as well as identifying information for a communications device used by the entrepreneur to access the communications network;
- receiving a message transmitted from the entrepreneur using their communications device to a receiving party;
- verifying a communications channel of the communications network used by the entrepreneur by:
- authenticating the communications device used by the entrepreneur;
- and
- verifying an identity of the entrepreneur by:
- receiving current biometric information for the entrepreneur comprising any of a photograph of a face of the entrepreneur, a fingerprint of the entrepreneur, party, or a combination thereof;
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- authenticating the current biometric information against the pre-stored biometric information for the entrepreneur to authenticate or reject the transmitted message;
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- encrypting the message and associating the message with an error detection block;
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- transmitting the message to the receiving party if the communications channel and the identity of the entrepreneur are verified.
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