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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6954793 | Pre-paid data card authentication in a public wireless LAN access system A user (121, 122) can gain access to a Local Area Network (LAN) (20) on a fee basis without the risk of having to transmit an un-encrypted PIN at upon initial access. The user initially sends a request to the LAN identifyin... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952497 | Method and system for electronically recording transactions and performing security function A method and system for electronically recording and authorizing a transaction utilizes an electronic reading device for generating an electronic reproduction of written information by detecting positions of the electronic reading device relative to a particular add... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941404 | Data transfer device, transaction system and method for exchanging control and I/O data with a data processing system A data transfer device, having first data interface means for exchanging data with a data processing system, second data interface means for exchanging data with a user of the data transfer device, and control means for controlling data transfer between the first an... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934689 | Payment transaction method and payment transaction system Payment transaction method and payment transaction system in which payment transactions between customers with portable mobile devices, for example mobile radio telephones, and a plurality of payment terminals are carried out at a service point, the payment terminal... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923371 | Authorization code An authorization code (70) for gaining access to a secure device (10) is described. The device may be an ATM. The authorization code (70) comprises a sequence of characters, which may be digits, letters, or special characters, and the code (7... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920557 | System and method for wireless user interface for business machines A method and system for providing external user interfaces is described. In one configuration a co-located external processor and a business machine negotiate a communications connection. The co-located external processor then utilizes a server to determine a shared... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916315 | Methods of operating a photo-thermal epilation apparatus Methods of operating and logging the usage of a photo-thermal epilation apparatus provide for the logging of usage information as the apparatus is employed for each epilation session. The operational information may be applied to determine when calibration is requir... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915279 | System and method for conducting secure payment transactions In a secure electronic payment system, authentication data is sent from a payment account issuer to user software operated by a purchaser. The user software sends the authentication data to a merchant using hidden fields on the Web page of the merchant. The merchant... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6871287 | System and method for verification of identity A system and method for the identification and verification of a user is provided. The disclosed invention has an enrollment system which includes (i) an alphanumeric input device; (ii) a biometric input device; (iii) a header file database having a plurality of ide... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6862496 | Laundry system Purpose: To provide a laundry system with improved customer services by utilizing portable information terminals having a radiocommunication function such as mobile phones and PHS. Constitution: Upon completion of washing or drying in a laundry machine 102, d... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6853987 | Centralized authorization and fraud-prevention system for network-based transactions A system and method for authorizing certain aspects of network based transactions between a customer and a merchant is disclosed. The system utilizes an account code for identifying rights to use an account identified by an account number, and a database for storing... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6848050 | System and method for alternative encryption techniques A system and method for verifying the identification of a user and securely establishing an encryption key for a communication between the user and a verifying entity, such as a bank, which makes use of the numeric value of the user's personal identification number ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834271 | Apparatus for and method of secure ATM debit card and credit card payment transactions via the internet The present invention is directed to a combination software and/or hardware system that provides consumers and merchants with a secure method for making and accepting credit card and ATM card payments over the Internet. Using various software and/or hardware impleme... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6805289 | Prepaid card payment system and method for electronic commerce A prepaid card system enabling access to payment-based websites comprising one or more prepaid cards bearing a stored value and authentication codes; one or more cardholder computers communicating via the Internet with merchant websites; a “middleman” server com... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802000 | System for authenticating access to online content referenced in hardcopy documents A system for controlling access to online content referenced in a hardcopy document. A user requesting access to online content available on a server responds to an authentication challenge from the server using a password mechanism printed in the hardcopy document.... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6793135 | Electronic payment system using multifunctional prepaid cards and method of selling prepaid cards There are provided an electronic payment system using a multifunctional prepaid card which is commonly used in payment for use of services and purchase of goods, and a method of selling the multifunctional prepaid card. The electronic payment system includes a multi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6769605 | Money transfer system A method of promptly transferring cash from a sender to a receiver who is some distance from the sender. The intended receiver obtains a free unactivated cash card. The card includes an identification number, a magnetic strip for recording an amount of money and a p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6705517 | Automated banking machine system and method An automated banking machine (12, 200, 302) is provided. The machine may be operative to install a terminal master key (TK) therein in response to at least one input from a single operator. The machine may include an EPP (204) that is operative to remo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704715 | Method and system for ensuring the security of the remote supply of services of financial institutions The invention concerns a method and a system enabling the customers (11) of a bank or an insurance company (12), remotely located, to accede safely and rapidly, by means of a microphone (17) connected to a communication network (15), to the services offer... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6684200 | Cashless vending machine The cashless vending machine system of the present invention comprises: a radio-communication terminal having a terminal information storage device for storing a verification key, and a terminal encryption processor for performing encryption with a random... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6676017 | Personal interface device and method A personal device is provided. The personal device includes an identification verification system that receives first identification data from a physical identification device, such as by inserting a driver's license into a card reader that is adapted to ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6662166 | Tokenless biometric electronic debit and credit transactions A method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample. The method comprises a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers w... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6654883 | Device authentication and encrypted communication system offering increased security A system composed of a plurality of user devices, each storing unique secret information, a system device and a control unit. The control unit produces key capsule data by performing a digital signature conversion with message recovery on the unique secre... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6631841 | Access system and method for buses In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciato... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6598032 | Systems and method for hiding from a computer system entry of a personal identification number (pin) to a smart card A system and method for isolating a computer system from entry of a personal identification number (PIN) to a smart card. The system and method includes a computer system that is in communication with an unsecure network to allow a user to engage in a pur... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591252 | Method and apparatus for authenticating unique items A method and apparatus for authenticating, archiving information and updating ownership of unique items by associating a unique identifying code with the item. Ownership history of the item is locked with a PIN or Personal Identification Number of the own... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6581845 | Chip-base plastic currency with cash amount loading function A chip-based plastic currency comprising a plastic cash card issued to the cardholder by an issuing bank, and an IC chip implanted in the plastic cash card for the loading of an amount of cash repeatedly, for enabling the plastic cash card to be re-useabl... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6497358 | Record and verification method and system for radiation therapy A method is provided for verification of the identification of a patient undergoing radiation treatment administered by a treatment technologist in a treatment room. An identifying card for the patient is provided which is part of the patient's treatment ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6343284 | Method and system for billing on the internet The present invention discloses an Internet billing method which can reject invalid orders with reliability, and which can be used without a credit card. In the present invention, a terminal makes a request of a content server for a chargeable service by ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6338138 | Network-based authentication of computer user A network-based authentication scheme is provided that performs authentication in a centralized manner for the stand-alone computers of a particular organization. Since authentication is centralized, the individual computers do not need to store authentic... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6256614 | Internet system for producing electronic reward cards A system to build and provide an immediate electronic reward to a consumer's PC, Web-TV, Pager (or other electronic media) in return for some action taken by the consumer on the Internet. Typically the reward is manifested in the image of an Electronic Ph... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6212504 | Self-authentication of value documents using encoded indices A method and system as presented by which valuable documents such as checks, deeds, driver's licenses, and other types of valuable documents can be imprinted with encoded symbols by a printer whereupon multiple assemblages of data can be imprinted on the ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6104809 | Apparatus for verifying an identification card Apparatus for verifying an identification card; the card having an imaged of an object or other entity to be identified on a first portion, and a coded representation of an encrypted signal comprising a representation of the image on a second portion. The... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6042006 | Authentication system wherein definition signals of two devices are altered, communicated between the two devices, and compared An authentication system having a first device and a second device between which signals may be communicated. The first device includes a first memory for storing a definition signal and the first device generates a first signal to be communicated to the ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5999624 | Remote financial transaction system An apparatus and method for performing remote financial transactions over an interactive network using a user operated payment module such as an initialized remote control device. The secure remote financial transaction system uses password security as we... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5963926 | Computer implemented method, system and apparatus for processing various transactions using a plurality of transaction cards A method, apparatus and computer program for processing plural types of transactions by a transaction processor connected to plural companies of different industries via a network. Use of the invention enables the efficient performance of a variety of tra... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5940511 | Method and apparatus for secure PIN entry A method and apparatus for secure entry and authentication of a multi-digit personal identification number (PIN) is described. An authenticator generates a random number, and provides that number, or a function thereof, to a user. The user is prompted to ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5936543 | Secret information identification system In a secret information identification system, an input password is compared with a registered password every time a permission signal is generated. Lock release permission is given when a comparison result indicates coincidence. Alternatively, an input p... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5859913 | Method and system for the high-speed generation and transmission of a sequence of characters by means of voice frequencies Disclosed is a method enabling the generation, by means of voice frequencies, of a sequence of several characters and the high-speed transmission of these characters. This method comprises the step of the elimination, during transmission, of the blanks be... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5818937 | Telephone tone security device An encryption device. A user wishes to identify himself to a remote party, over a telephone line. The remote party provides a Transaction Number, TN, to the user. The TN is given to the encryption device. The user gives the encryption device a Personal Id... | 10/06/1998 |
