Transaction system
First Claim
1. A transaction system including at least one terminal and at least one card-type server which form a communication network for registering an impersonal card-identifier at the server and issue an impersonal card at the terminal, said system for executing a card-type registration, comprising:
- (a) means to receive an unissued card-type in the terminal;
(b) means to originate an impersonal card-identifier in the terminal;
(c) means to write an encrypted registration code on the unissued card-type in the terminal;
(d) means to transmit the impersonal card-identifier to a card-type server;
(e) means to create a discrete datafile record to register the impersonal card-identifier in the database of the card-type server; and
(f) means to transmit an instruction from the server to authorize the card-type transaction at the terminal.
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Abstract
A transaction system includes a network of terminals and a network of servers each form separate communication networks for impersonal transaction and anonymous transmission. No reference to an individual person exists for executing card transactions at a point of sale. The terminals generate impersonal identifiers for a discrete card and user and the servers receive the impersonal identifiers for datafile matching to authorize a transaction at the point of sale for a discrete card and user. No personal identifiers are carried on the card to identify a cardholder, the card is impersonal.
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47 Claims
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1. A transaction system including at least one terminal and at least one card-type server which form a communication network for registering an impersonal card-identifier at the server and issue an impersonal card at the terminal, said system for executing a card-type registration, comprising:
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(a) means to receive an unissued card-type in the terminal;
(b) means to originate an impersonal card-identifier in the terminal;
(c) means to write an encrypted registration code on the unissued card-type in the terminal;
(d) means to transmit the impersonal card-identifier to a card-type server;
(e) means to create a discrete datafile record to register the impersonal card-identifier in the database of the card-type server; and
(f) means to transmit an instruction from the server to authorize the card-type transaction at the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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32. A transaction system including at least one terminal and at least one card-type server which form a communication network for validating an impersonal card-identifier at the server and accept an impersonal card at the terminal, said system for executing a card-type validation, comprising:
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(a) means to receive an issued card-type in the terminal;
(b) means to read an encrypted registration code on the issued card-type to generate an impersonal card-identifier in the terminal;
(c) means to transmit the impersonal card-identifier to a card-type server; and
(d) means to locate a discrete datafile record to validate the impersonal card-identifier in the database of the card-type server; and
(e) means to transmit an instruction from the card-type server to authorize the card-type transaction at the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A transaction system including a network of terminals and a network of servers which form separate communication networks for executing impersonal transactions, originating impersonal identifiers at the terminals, recording the impersonal identifiers at the servers for card-type registration and authorizing impersonal identifiers at the terminals, said system for executing an impersonal transaction, comprising:
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(a) means for receiving an unissued card-type in a terminal;
(b) means for originating an impersonal card-identifier in the terminal;
(c) means for writing an encrypted registration code on the unissued card-type in the terminal;
(d) means for originating an impersonal user-identifier in the terminal;
(e) means for transmitting a set of impersonal identifiers from the terminal to a card-type server to create a discrete datafile record to register the set of impersonal identifiers in the database of a card-type server; and
(f) means for transmitting an instruction from the card-type server to the terminal to authorize the impersonal transaction for a discrete card and user. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A transaction system including a network of terminals and a network of servers which form separate communication networks for executing impersonal transactions, generating impersonal identifiers at the terminals, matching the impersonal identifiers at the servers for card-type validation and authorizing impersonal identifiers at the terminals, said system for executing an impersonal transaction comprising:
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(a) means for receiving an issued card-type in a terminal;
(b) means for reading an encrypted registration code on the issued card-type to generate an impersonal card-identifier in the terminal;
(c) means for generating an impersonal user-identifier in the terminal;
(d) means for generating a transaction value at the terminal;
(e) means for transmitting a set of impersonal identifiers and a transaction value from the terminal to a card-type server;
(f) means to locate a discrete datafile record to validate the set of impersonal identifiers in the database of a card-type server and accept the transaction value; and
(g) means for transmitting an instruction from the card-type server to the terminal to authorize the impersonal transaction for a discrete card and user.
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