MANAGING USER DATA FOR SOFTWARE SERVICES

摘要

User-specific data for use with a software service may be stored in an encrypted form, where the encryption and/or decryption keys used are associated with a user's biometric data (that the user voluntarily provides after appropriate disclosure, to protect the user's interest in privacy). When the user uses the software service on a device, the device may receive the user-specific data in an encrypted form, and then may use the biometric data to retrieve or generate the cryptographic key that is used to decrypt the user-specific data. The user-specific data is then decrypted and used on the device with the software service.

主权项

1. A device-readable medium that stores executable instructions to decrypt and use user-specific data, the executable instructions, when executed by a device, causing the device to perform acts comprising:
receiving said user-specific data from a software service, said user-specific data being received in an encrypted form; receiving biometric data from a user of said device; identifying a cryptographic key associated with said biometric data; using said cryptographic key to decrypt said user-specific data; and using, on said device, said user-specific data, in a decrypted from, with said software service.