System and a method for carrying out personal and business transactions
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and a method for carrying out personal transactions including financial transactions, e-mail transactions, and voice messaging transactions. A user of the system is issued a ten digit identification number in the form of a telephone number. The identification number may be the user'"'"'s actual phone number or a pseudo phone number. The user is also assigned a PIN number which contains a single or multiple digit security element which allows the user to indicate a security problem and its nature by dialing the assigned PIN number and which allows the user to avoid tripping the security elements of the system by using a digit or digits other than that/those assigned as the significantly placed digit(s) in the PIN number. Access to the system is provided either by dialing a central telephone number or via the Internet.
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1-121. -121. (canceled)
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122. A method for carrying out a personal transaction comprising the steps of:
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providing a user with a number;
registering said number with a monitoring system;
identifying a first location of said user by contacting a communication device associated with said user;
identifying at least one additional location of said user by contacting said communication device; and
creating a log of said identified locations. - View Dependent Claims (123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131)
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132. A system for monitoring personal safety of a user comprising:
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means for providing a user with a number;
means for registering said number with a monitoring system;
means for identifying a first location of said user by contacting a communication device associated with said user;
means for identifying at least one additional location of said user by contacting said communication device; and
means for creating a log of said identified locations. - View Dependent Claims (133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141)
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