Multi-user device with information capture capabilities

A method, using a biometrically secured writing implement, for conducting a transaction conducted by a user having previously established an account with an entity conducting the transaction, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a biometrically secured writing implement, an indication that a user does not have a biometrically secured user account;
• receiving, at the biometrically secured writing implement, a first biometric sample from the user, wherein the biometrically secured writing implement comprises a biometric authentication device;
• transmitting, by the biometrically secured writing implement, the first biometric sample provided by the user, to a host computer system;
• comparing, by the host computer system, the first biometric sample provided by the user to a plurality of biometric samples provided by a plurality of all users of the host computer system;
• determining, by the host computer system, the first biometric sample provided by the user does not match any of the plurality of biometric samples provided by the plurality of all users of the host computer system;
• creating, by the host computer system, the account for the user based at least in part on a determination that the first biometric sample does not match any of the plurality of biometric samples provided by the plurality of all users of the host computer system;
• receiving, at the biometrically secured writing implement, an indication that the user has the biometrically secured user account, wherein the indication comprises an account identifier linked to the biometrically secured user account;
• receiving, at the biometrically secured writing implement, a second biometric sample from the user, wherein the biometrically secured writing implement comprises a biometric authentication device;
• transmitting, from the biometrically secured writing implement, the second biometric sample provided by the user, to a host computer system;
• comparing, by the host computer system, the second biometric sample provided by the user to the previously received first biometric sample provided by the user linked to the account linked to the account identifier received from the user;
• determining, by the host computer system, the second biometric sample provided by the user and the previously received first biometric sample provided by the user match;
• transmitting an authorization to the biometrically secured writing implement if the second biometric sample provided by the user and the previously received first biometric sample provided by the user match;
• blocking access to the biometrically secured user account if the second biometric sample provided by the user and the previously received first biometric sample provided by the user do not match;
• preventing the biometrically secured writing implement from receiving handwriting data until the authorization is received;
• allowing the biometrically secured writing implement to receive handwriting data when the authorization is received;
• receiving, by the biometrically secured writing implement, handwriting data from the user, wherein the handwriting data comprises information to conduct the transaction including information necessary to identify a recipient of the transaction;
• transmitting, by the biometrically secured writing implement, the handwriting data;
• receiving, at a secondary computer system, the handwriting data;
• determining, at the secondary computer system, an identity of the recipient of the transaction from the handwriting data;
• transmitting, by the secondary computer system, to the host computer system, the identity of the recipient;
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• conducting, with the host computer system, the transaction using information from the handwriting data to conduct the transaction including at least the identity of the recipient.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for directing operation of a computer system comprising a communication system, a processor, and a storage device, wherein the computer-readable program comprises instructions for operating the computer system to conduct a transaction involving a biometrically secured user input device and a host computer system, the instructions further comprising instructions for:

• receiving an indication that a user does not have a biometrically secured user account;
• receiving, from a biometrically secured writing implement, a first biometric sample from the user, wherein the biometrically secured writing implement comprises a biometric authentication device;
• receiving, from the biometrically secured writing implement, the first biometric sample provided by the user;
• comparing the first biometric sample provided by the user to a plurality of biometric samples provided by a plurality of all users of a host computer system;
• determining the first biometric sample provided by the user does not match any of the plurality of biometric samples provided by the plurality of all users of the host computer system;
• creating the account for the user based at least in part on a determination that the first biometric sample does not match any of the plurality of biometric samples provided by the plurality of all users of the host computer system;
• receiving an indication that the user has a biometrically secured user account, wherein the indication comprises an account identifier linked to the biometrically secured user account;
• receiving, from the biometrically secured user input device, a second biometric sample from the user, wherein the biometrically secured user input device comprises a biometric authentication device;
• transmitting the second biometric sample provided by the user, to a host computer system;
• transmitting an authorization to the biometrically secured user input device if the second biometric sample provided by the user and the previously received first biometric sample provided by the user match;
• blocking access to the biometrically secured user account if the second biometric sample provided by the user and the previously received first biometric sample provided by the user do not match;
• preventing the biometrically secured input device from receiving handwriting data until the authorization is received;
• allowing the biometrically secured writing implement to receive handwriting data when the authorization is received;
• receiving, from the user input device, handwriting data based on the handwriting of the user, wherein the handwriting data comprises information to conduct the transaction including at least information necessary to identify a recipient of the transaction;
• determining an identity of the recipient of the transaction from the transaction information;
• conducting the transaction using information from the handwriting data to conduct the transaction including at least the identity of the recipient;
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• providing a confirmation to the user that the transaction has been at least initiated successfully.