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US 7,890,752 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information
AssigneeScenera Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Scott Bardsley, Richard Mark Horner
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information are disclosed. According to one method, biometric identification information is identified for a network user. The identified biometric identification information is associated with a header or a trailer of a network packet originated by the network user. The network packet may be sent over a network.
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A method for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information, the method comprising:
- identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- storing the biometric identification information in a database;
- associating the identified biometric identification information with a header or a trailer of a network packet originated by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network;
- sending the network packet over the network;
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- receiving a plurality of network packets including the biometric identification information and using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user.
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A method for associating a network packet with biometric information of a network user, the method comprising:
- identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- storing the biometric identification information in a database;
- associating the biometric identification information with a network packet to be sent by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network;
- sending the packet over a network;
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- reading the biometric identification information and performing an action in the network involving the biometric identification information, wherein performing an action in the network includes receiving a plurality of packets including the biometric identification information and using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user
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A system for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information, the system comprising:
- a biometric information identification function for identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- a database for storing the biometric identification information;
- a biometric information network packet function for associating the identified biometric identification information with a header or a trailer of a network packet originated by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the data base over a network;
- a network interface for sending the network packet over the network;
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- a biometric information retrieve function for receiving a plurality of network packets including the biometric identification information and for using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user.
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A system for associating a network packet with biometric information of a network user, the system comprising:
- a biometric information identification function for identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- a database for storing the biometric identification information;
- a biometric information network packet function for associating the biometric identification information with a network packet to be sent by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network and for sending the packet over the network;
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- a biometric information retrieve function for reading the network packet, and for performing an action in the network involving the biometric identification information, wherein the biometric information retrieve function is configured for receiving a plurality of network packets including the biometric identification information and for using the biometric identification information for performing packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user.
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A system for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information, the system comprising:
- means for identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- means for storing biometric identification information in a database;
- means for associating the identified biometric identification information with a header or a trailer of a network packet originated by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network;
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- means for sending the network packet over a network;
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- means for receiving a plurality of network packets including the biometric identification information and for using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user.
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A system for associating a network packet with biometric information of a network user, the system comprising:
- means for identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- means for storing the biometric identification information in a database;
- means for associating the biometric identification information with a network packet to be sent by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network;
- means for sending the packet over a network;
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- means for reading the biometric identification information and performing an action in the network involving the biometric identification information, wherein performing an action includes receiving a plurality of network packets including the biometric identification information and for using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user.
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A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium for performing steps comprising:
- identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- storing the biometric identification information in a database;
- associating the identified biometric identification information with a header or a trailer of a network packet originated by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network;
- sending the network packet over a network;
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- receiving a plurality of network packets including the biometric identification information and using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for the packets sent by the network user.
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A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium for performing steps comprising:
- identifying biometric identification information for a network user;
- storing the biometric identification information in a database;
- associating the biometric identification information with a network packet to be sent by the network user and generated by a local device in response to the network user using the local device for communication with an entity other than the database over a network;
- sending the packet over a network;
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- reading the biometric identification information and performing an action in the network involving the biometric identification information, wherein performing an action in the network includes receiving a plurality of packets including the biometric identification information and using the biometric identification information to perform packet traffic analysis for packets sent by the network user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.