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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581257 | System for handling network transactions The present invention relates to a method of enabling a computer network transaction for a product being purchased by a buyer from a seller by generating a once-only transaction feature associated with the transaction, by providing the transaction identification fea... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7409352 | System and method for managing sponsorships A system and method for managing sponsorships by a sponsor, in which the party requesting the sponsorship requests to use content owned and protected by the sponsor, such as trademarks, logos, and copyrighted material. An embodiment of the method involves receiving,... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383230 | System and method for the efficient exchange and pricing of services and intangible works An exchange system for intangible goods comprises a first user system, a second user system, a registry system, a clearinghouse system and a hash module coupled for communication with each other. The first and second user systems includes a content module for acting... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7353210 | Electronic means of payment with individually settable security features for the internet or for mobile networks Electronic means of payment require specific procedures concerning the use thereof as well as set security features. Disclosed is a means of payment allowing the user to add individual security features, comprising the use of specific devices that are available to t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7277870 | Digital content distribution using web broadcasting services A method of securely receiving data on a user's system from a web broadcast infrastructure with a plurality of channels. The method comprising receiving promotional metadata from a first web broadcast channel, the promotional metadata related to data available for r... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254561 | Method and device for performing electronic transactions A method and a device for carrying out electronic transactions. A sender produces, under his own full control, a transaction message in a smart card (1) and provides the message with his digital signature in the card for subsequent output and transmission. | 08/07/2007 |
| 7224310 | Method and device for the recognition of the origin of encrypted data broadcasting The object of the present invention is intended to solve the problem of the broadcasting of conditional access data where certain parts must be accessible either for technical reasons or for commercial reasons. This object is reached by a method for processin... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194115 | Fingerprint identification method and apparatus A method and device for fingerprint identification implementing precise identification at a high speed by using partial images of a fingerprint obtained through relative movements of a finger to a small sized sensor are provided. The device includes a frame input un... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7136995 | Cryptographic device A cryptographic device comprises a data stream interceptor, a main controller receiving input from the data stream interceptor, and a pair of data generating and storage controllers adapted to perform data transfer protocols with corresponding peer controllers of a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120607 | Business system and method using a distorted biometrics A method of doing business is disclosed that transforms a biometric used by a user in a transaction. The transformation creates a distorted biometric. The distorted biometric is used to identify the user to another party without requiring the user to provide actual ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7003678 | IC card and IC chip module In an IC card 30 is sealed an IC chip 70 provided with an exposure sensor 84. When exposure sensor 84 detects that IC card 30 has been opened, exposure sensor 84 outputs an exposure detection signal to a CPU 76. In re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6959874 | Biometric identification system using biometric images and personal identification number stored on a magnetic stripe and associated methods The system and method store biometric information and a personal identification number (PIN) on a token having a magnetic storage medium. A biometric image is captured, biometric data is produced and a PIN is provided by an authorized user. The biometric data and PI... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6910630 | Piracy prevention for voice and video Protecting content from piracy. A user computer stores a stored address. A smart card stores a smart-card address. The smart-card address matches the stored address. A seller stores content to be sold to the user. The content is encoded using the smart-card address ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905460 | Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture tissue. The robotic arms are c... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6802008 | IC card and IC chip module In an IC card 30 is sealed an IC chip 70 provided with an exposure sensor 84. When exposure sensor 84 detects that IC card 30 has been opened, exposure sensor 84 outputs an exposure detection signal to a CPU 76. In re... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6736313 | Card reader module with pin decryption A card reader module includes capabilities for receiving and decrypting an encrypted user PIN to facilitate off-line transaction authorization. In an off-line transaction, a transaction processing system need not communicate with an outside authorization network to ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6616035 | Method and device for identification and authentication A method and a device of identification and authentication of a holder of a mobile electronic transaction device in an electronic transaction process between a transaction service provider and a transaction terminal in communication via a computer network... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6375084 | Card charging systems In a card charging system, especially for public transport services, a host ticket facility is operable by both credit cards usable at a card read/write device and concessionary payment cards usable at a contactless card reader, and a security and transac... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6170744 | Self-authenticating negotiable documents A self-authenticating document is created by providing a one-way hash value in a symbol creation process, and then using a public key to decrypt data of the self-authenticating document. Raw data to be provided with the self-authenticating document is rec... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6065675 | Processing system and method for a heterogeneous electronic cash environment A heterogeneous stored-value system which offers interoperability among a number of proprietary payment card brands with differing fee structures. The system makes use of existing settlement practices and fee structures to increase the amount of commerce ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6039247 | Secure, stored-value systems and methods of transferring monetary values in one or more transactions to a specific receiving device Methods and systems for encoding encrypted monetary values onto transfer vehicles include one or more payment, encoder, and encrypter devices, and, associated with each designated receiving device such as a wireless telephone, a reader, decoder, and decry... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5963648 | Electronic-monetary system An electronic-monetary system having (1) banks or financial institutions that are coupled to a money generator device for generating and issuing to subscribing customers electronic money including electronic currency backed by demand deposits and electron... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5953423 | Electronic-monetary system An electronic-monetary system having (1) banks or financial institutions that are coupled to a money generator device for generating and issuing to subscribing customers electronic money including electronic currency backed by demand deposits and electron... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5925864 | Metering incoming deliverable mail to automatically enable address correction A system that allows a third party such as a postage meter manufacturer or PSD manufacturer to collate data, process the data and use this information to identify delayed mail pieces that may have been incorrectly addressed. The apparatus of this inventio... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5878139 | Method for electronic merchandise dispute resolution A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both trusted agents are capable of establishing a first... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5852290 | Smart-card based access control system with improved security A smart card that includes a descrambler for descrambling entitlement information and data provides improved access control by controlling the manner in which the entitlement information portion of the data stream is passed through the smart card. Entitle... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5799087 | Electronic-monetary system An electronic-monetary system having (1) banks or financial institutions that are coupled to a money generator device for generating and issuing to subscribing customers electronic money including electronic currency backed by demand deposits and electron... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5740276 | Holographic method for encrypting and decrypting information using a fingerprint A method using a fingerprint image as a cipher for optical encrypting and decrypting information which is presented in the form of an analogous signal. The method includes recording a Fourier hologram, the complex amplitude of the spatial grating of the h... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5724424 | Digital active advertising A complete system for the purchasing of goods or information over a computer network is presented. Merchant computers on the network maintain databases of digital advertisements that are accessed by buyer computers. In response to user inquiries, buyer co... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5677955 | Electronic funds transfer instruments An electronic instrument is created in a computer-based method for effecting a transfer of funds from an account of a payer in a funds-holding institution to a payee. The electronic instrument includes an electronic signature of the payer, digital represe... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5596642 | Network settlement performed on consolidated information A system for determining value in a stored value transaction system has a plurality of value storing devices. A first network consolidation device is provided for receiving stored value information from at least one of the value storing transfer devices a... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5591949 | Automatic portable account controller for remotely arranging for payment of debt to a vendor An automatic account controller for remotely arranging for payment of debt to a vendor. The controller includes a detector for activating the portable account controller upon detection of indicia of identity of an authorized user and a selector for select... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5557518 | Trusted agents for open electronic commerce A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both trusted agents are capable of establishing a first... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5473690 | Secured method for loading a plurality of applications into a microprocessor memory card A method for loading and managing a plurality of applications in a memory of a chip card, the method including: recording a chart of applications in the memory of the chip card which associates a password and a memory space with a name for i) each of the ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5390252 | Authentication method and communication terminal and communication processing unit using the method In a first processing mode for a first communication request, a communication processing unit responds to a communication request signal from a communication terminal to acquire an authentication key Ka corresponding thereto from a storage, generates piec... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5239166 | Secure data interchange system erasing a card memory upon an invalid response Systems for interchanging information, for example, obtaining cash from a terminal by use of a portable device such as a credit card are well-known but suffer from being vulnerable to fraud. In the invention a highly secure information interchange system ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5130519 | Portable pin card A portable Personal Identification Card allows a cardholder to enter a PIN code into his card at a location remote from an authorization terminal. In an alternate embodiment, a PIN code may be enterd at the authorization terminal. The authorization termin... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4906828 | Electronic money purse and fund transfer system The essence of the invention is a socalled "data bit variable spacer generator", block 79, which contributes to the generation of a control output "c" from a combinatory logic circuit group 78. The logic level of "c" determines whether a clear data bit fr... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4849613 | Method and device for making an electronic authentication Operating procedure and device for the electronically authorized determination of an individual matter and for obtaining, in a reliably differentiating manner which is secure against forgery, the remotely authorized, individual authentication of a transac... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4825050 | Security transaction system for financial data A system for a data protection executing financial transactions employing cryptographic techniques. The system comprises an encoded card, which has been initially encrypted using the National Bureau of Standards Data Encryption Standard Algorithm. A subse... | 04/25/1989 |
