Mobile communication device

A mobile communication device comprising:

• a handset including a handset fingerprint sensor, a handset processor, and a short-distance wireless communication device that enables wireless communication between said headset and said handset, said handset processor including handset processor memory for retaining sensed handset fingerprint data, user authentication being determined by a handset processor when said handset fingerprint sensor is used, said handset processor disposed in said handset, said handset processor making an authentication determination based at least in part upon a comparison of said sensed handset fingerprint data and handset reference fingerprint data of at least one authorized user when said handset fingerprint sensor is used by said user to authenticate user identity;
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• a headset including a headset fingerprint sensor, and a headset processor, said headset processor including headset processor memory for retaining sensed headset fingerprint data, user authentication being determined by said headset processor when said headset fingerprint sensor is used, said headset processor disposed in said headset, said headset processor making a determination based at least in part upon a comparison of said sensed headset fingerprint data captured from the headset fingerprint sensor and handset reference fingerprint data of at least one authorized user when said headset fingerprint sensor is used by said user to authenticate user identity.

A mobile communication device for providing bimodal biometric authentication of a user, said mobile communication device being digitally connected to a communications system, said mobile communication device comprising:

• a headset enabling a digital connection to a communications systems, said headset including a microphone for transmitting user voice data, said user voice data having biometric properties, said microphone enabling capture of user voice data;
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• a headset processor, said headset processor being in electrical communication with a headset fingerprint sensor, the headset fingerprint sensor enabling capture of sensed fingerprint data of a headset user, said headset processor including headset processor memory for retaining user voice data and user sensed fingerprint data, said communications system authenticating user identity as determined by a systems processor;
• whereby said system processor enables an authentication determination of a user to be made based at least in part upon a comparison of said user voice data and reference voice data of at least one authorized user;
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• whereby said system processor enables an authentication determination of a user to be made based at least in part upon a comparison of said sensed fingerprint data captured from the headset fingerprint sensor and reference fingerprint data of at least one authorized user.