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Abstract

The inventive data processing system and method enable verifiable secure transfer of information between two or more parties, each having access to at least one identity verification system, utilizing a platform-independent architecture to enable verification of identities of parties sending and receiving secured (e.g., encrypted) information, and ensuring that only an authorized receiving party gains access to the secured information, regardless of the type, model, ownership and/or quantity of biometric identity verification (BIV) systems being utilized by each party. In one embodiment of the inventive system and method, parties desiring to securely transfer information between one another register at a central security management system, and each provide one or more biometric enrollments. Thereafter, the inventive system also enables any registered party to send biometrically (and otherwise) secured information to the other party utilizing any available BIV system (or systems) that is compatible with one or more of their registered biometric enrollments, regardless of BIV system ownership, and without requiring local enrollment. In another embodiment of the inventive system and method, a party registered with the system that owns certain secured content is able to selectively designate identities of one or more registered parties that are authorized to access the secured content and/or a portion thereof, upon verification of identity, and optionally provide one or more rules of varying complexity governing such access.

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