Requiring authorization or authentication

CL 705 SC 44
5883810 Electronic online commerce card with transactionproxy number for online transactions
Mar-16-1999 An online commerce system facilitates online commerce over a public network using an online commerce card. The "card" does not exist in physical form, but instead exists in digital form. The online commerce...
5878138 System and method for detecting fraudulent expenditure of electronic assets
Mar-2-1999 An electronic asset system includes tamper-resistant electronic wallets that store non-transferable electronic assets. To break such tamper-resistant wallets, the criminal is expected to spend an initial...
5870725 High volume financial image media creation and display system and method
Feb-9-1999 An apparatus and method for high volume, and high speed, financial image creation and manipulation. Images of cleared checks are captured and combined with MICR data and customer supplied account history....
5868236 Pin vending dispenser
Feb-9-1999 A phone card vending machine has a secure, locking cabinet; a card dispenser; a bill acceptor or similar cash acceptor; a printer for printing slip receipts containing an activated PIN; and a controller...
5864830 Data processing method of configuring and monitoring a satellite spending card linked to a host credit card
Jan-26-1999 A data-processing method by which one or more prepaid satellite spending cards are configured and linked to a cardholder's host credit card or card account such that a predetermined available spending...
5864829 Network charge method and system
Jan-26-1999 A user who offered the purchase of a commodity or performed down-loading through a network is charged by a safe method. This charge is executed by sending a plurality of passwords, which can be used only...
5826245 Providing verification information for a transaction
Oct-20-1998 Verification information is provided with respect to a transaction between an initiating party and a verification-seeking party, the verification information being given by a third, verifying party, based...
5819226 Fraud detection using predictive modeling
Oct-6-1998 An automated system and method detects fraudulent transactions using a predictive model such as a neural network to evaluate individual customer accounts and identify potentially fraudulent transactions...
5809480 Automated, secure inter authority settlement method and system for electronic toll collection
Sep-15-1998 Electronic toll collection will eventually become standardized on the nation's toll roads making possible non-stop toll payments to many different toll Authorities from a single in-vehicle-device. Such...
5802497 Method and apparatus for conducting computerized commerce
Sep-1-1998 A method of conducting computerized commerce on a number of computer systems connected by a computer network including providing a broker computer system, the broker system having a database of broker...
5796834 System and method for controlling the dispensing of an authenticating indicia
Aug-18-1998 There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing postage (or other graphical security indicia) electronically by using a portable processor containing a maximum amount of preauthorized postage which...
5781632 Method and apparatus for secured transmission of confidential data over an unsecured network
Jul-14-1998 A method and apparatus that allows INternet users to purchase or order goods and services through the INternet by permitting the secured transmission of sensitive financial information. Messages are encrypted...
5774553 Foreign exchange transaction system
Jun-30-1998 A realtime multilateral foreign exchange settlement system having a computer implemented netting system, a processor-based multilateral settlement coordinator (MSC) having a first money module and a first...
5761308 System for refunding payment for software
Jun-2-1998 There is provided a system for refunding payment for software applied to a software distribution system comprising at least one user terminal and a center. The center notifys the user terminal of the deciphering...
5754656 Electronic shopping method, electronic shopping system and document authenticating method relating thereto
May-19-1998 An electronic shopping method is provided by both an apparatus 10 and an apparatus 30 to hold a key K(A, C) in common, and both the apparatus 30 and an apparatus 40 to hold a key K(B, C) in common. The...
5748908 Automated, classified expenditure data card recording system
May-5-1998 This is an expenditure data recording system using a uniquely designed classification binary code (or its equivalent) stored within the point of sale terminal system consisting of a cash register, a credit/debit...
5727156 Internet-based automatic publishing system
Mar-10-1998 A simple method and apparatus for posting hypertext documents to a hypertext server so as to make the hypertext documents accessible to users of the hypertext document system while securing against unauthorized...
5715448 Open database system wherein access by subscribers to a network is limited
Feb-3-1998 Data of textiles for various types of items offered by a different textile company stored in an integrated database (DR) of a data service company item by item, and data of business results relating to...
5715403 System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works having attached usage rights where the usage rights are defined by a usage rights grammar
Feb-3-1998 A system for controlling use and distribution of digital works. The present invention allows the owner of a digital work to attach usage rights to their work. The usage rights define how the individual...
5696909 Virtual POS terminal
Dec-9-1997 The present invention includes the hardware and software necessary to perform virtually any volume of complex transactions, and particularly a large volume thereof, is disposed in a central Application...
5696902 System for management of the usage of data consultations in a telecommunication network
Dec-9-1997 A system for management of the usage of consultations in a telecommunication network, in which one consultation is carried out by communication between a remote server center, and a local subscriber terminal,...
5678010 Automated routing of messages over a network
Oct-14-1997 A system for processing credit card transactions is disclosed. Transaction data to be processed is sent by point of sale terminal to a terminal node connected to a sophisticated communications network....
5677955 Electronic funds transfer instruments
Oct-14-1997 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...
5615110 Security system for non-cash transactions
Mar-25-1997 When a non-cash transaction occurs, the corresponding computer account writing system will be in operation. The computer account writing system outputs information signals which include the transaction...
5557518 Trusted agents for open electronic commerce
Sep-17-1996 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...
5539450 Methods and systems for providing additional service applications in pay television
Jul-23-1996 A pay television gaming system including a pay television network having a multiplicity of subscriber units each including a television, receiving apparatus for receiving gaming inputs from the multiplicity...
5530438 Method of providing an alert of a financial transaction
Jun-25-1996 A radio system user (126) is alerted (129) as to the occurrence of a financial transaction by a customer (118). Data (122) is obtained from the customer (118) and used to identify a radio system user (126),...
5465206 Electronic bill pay system
Nov-7-1995 A bill pay system wherein participating consumers pay bills to participating billers through a payment network operating according to preset rules. The participating consumers receive bills from participating...
5432506 Counterfeit document detection system
Jul-11-1995 A system for verifying the authenticity of a document that bears a number of fields of strings of variable characters such as a check bearing date of issue field, payee field and numeric and alpha amount...
5396624 Account file for off-line transaction authorization
Mar-7-1995 An approach for handling data representative of invalid transaction cards is disclosed. A memory area 34 in a transaction terminal 16 is divided into a plurality of stacks. Two digits of the invalid account...
5341290 Modular system for printing and processing financial documents
Aug-23-1994 A financial system for processing and printing financial documents takes the form of a professional financial workstation capable of multiple system tasks including financial applications, security operations,...
5329589 Mediation of transactions by a communications system
Jul-12-1994 Methods and apparatus for employing a communications system with actively connects communicating entities to mediate transactions. Disclosed are general methods and apparatus for mediating transactions,...
5311594 Fraud protection for card transactions
May-10-1994 The problems of fraud in card transactions can be reduced by, after requiring the person engaged in the card transaction to initially identify himself, such as by supplying a card number, a) requesting,...
5285382 System and method for processing credit and debit card validity and funds transactions from vending machines and similar terminals
Feb-8-1994 A system and method for processing credit card transactions includes a data processor with memory storage capable of accessing an electronic clearing facility through a time rated (e.g., long distance)...
5267149 System and method for registering passwords
Nov-30-1993 A system and method for registering a password includes a data center that processes and stores transaction data, and a teller window transaction device communicating with the data center. The teller window...
5265008 Method of and system for electronic funds transfer via facsimile with image processing verification
Nov-23-1993 In a system for carrying out financial transactions via facsimile machines, account customized transaction vouchers are completed by at least one party to a transaction. The transaction vouchers issued...
5255182 Payment card point-of-sale service quality monitoring system, apparatus, and method
Oct-19-1993 A system for determining the cause of lost, delayed or erroneous responses in a network for authorizing payment card transactions from the point of view of the point-of-sale terminal that forms part of...
5163097 Method and apparatus for providing secure access to a limited access system
Nov-10-1992 Disclosed is a method and apparatus that protects user passwords and identification numbers by using dynamic and fixed cipher keys to generate one-time access codes that are recognized by an authorization...
5122950 Method of and system for electronic funds transfer via facsimile machines
Jun-16-1992 In a system for carrying out finanical transactions via facsimile machines, account customized transaction vouchers are completed by at least one party to a transaction. The transaction vouchers issued...
5103079 System for controlling the use of portable data media
Apr-7-1992 The invention relates to making use of a "black" list in a system where goods or services are provided in response to a memory card being presented. The complete "black" list is stored in the memory (46)...
5036461 Two-way authentication system between user's smart card and issuer-specific plug-in application modules in multi-issued transaction device
Jul-30-1991 A transaction terminal for use with diverse credit or other transaction cards is provided with an interface unit for receiving a plurality of modules, wherein each module contains programming information...
5010485 Apparatus, system and method for creating credit vouchers usable at point of purchase stations
Apr-23-1991 Apparatus, system and method are provided for processing charge vouchers against charge card accounts administered by a host institution that issues an approval/disapproval to a merchant for a proposed...
4995081 Method and system for personal identification using proofs of legitimacy
Feb-19-1991 The method and system for the invention utilizes any of a number of "proofs of legitimacy" to generate and verify a personal identification card. A card is generated by computing a digital signature of...
4962530 System for cryptographing and identification
Oct-9-1990 According to the invention, the keyboard consists of a matrix of keys and variable visible indicia. Each of the variable visible indicia is associated with a key. Upon each keystroke on the keyboard, the...
4960981 Method of and system for electronic funds transfer via facsimile machines
Oct-2-1990 In a system for carrying out financial transactions via facsimile machines, account customized transaction vouchers are completed by the parties to a transaction, each filling in the amount of the transactions,...
4947028 Automated order and payment system
Aug-7-1990 An automated order and payment system for use by consumers to rapidly order products and services from any location at which the consumer is present at the time of ordering. The system receives information...
4935608 Card authorization terminal system in which one terminal transmits data to a designated other terminal
Jun-19-1990 A card authorization terminal in which a plurality of CATs (card authorization terminals) are connected to a data transmission line. At least one of the CATs comprises: a memory from/into which data can...
4926325 Apparatus for carrying out financial transactions via a facsimile machine
May-15-1990 Financial transactions between buyers and sellers are carried out using at least one facsimile machine improved in accordance with the invention both to transfer electronic funds data among the buyer,...
4884199 User transaction guidance
Nov-28-1989 A user guidance display system provides an animated display of example action being entered into a displayed image of the machine, to show a self-service machine user how the machine is to be operated....
4879747 Method and system for personal identification
Nov-7-1989 The method and system of the invention utilizes a private key of a public-key cryptosystem key pair to encrypt a non-secret password into a digital signature. The password and the digital signature are...