Tokenless financial access system
First Claim
1. A method for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a user and a seller using a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. a user registration step, wherein the user registers with the computer system at least one registration biometric sample and at least one user financial account;
b. a seller registration step, wherein the seller registers with the computer system at least one seller financial account;
c. a proposal step, wherein the seller offers a proposed commercial transaction to the user, the proposed commercial transaction comprising price information;
d. a transmission step, wherein the user'"'"'s personal identification information comprising at least a bid biometric sample is forwarded to the computer system;
e. a user identification step, wherein the computer system compares the bid biometric sample with registration biometric samples for producing either a successful or failed identification of the user; and
f. a payment step, wherein a financial account of the user is debited and a financial account of the seller is credited, wherein a commercial transaction is conducted without the user having to use any smartcards or swipe cards.
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Abstract
The present invention shows a method and a device system for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a user and a seller. The user registers at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one user financial account. The seller registers with the computer system at least one seller financial account. The seller offers a proposed commercial transaction to the user, which includes price information. The user accepts the seller'"'"'s proposed commercial transaction by adding to the proposed commercial transaction the user'"'"'s personal authentication information. The bid biometric sample is forwarded to the computer system. The computer system compares the bid biometric sample with registration biometric samples. Upon successful match, a financial account of the user is debited and a financial account of the seller is credited, wherein a commercial transaction is conducted without the user having to use any portable man-made memory devices such as smartcards or swipe cards.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a user and a seller using a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. a user registration step, wherein the user registers with the computer system at least one registration biometric sample and at least one user financial account; b. a seller registration step, wherein the seller registers with the computer system at least one seller financial account; c. a proposal step, wherein the seller offers a proposed commercial transaction to the user, the proposed commercial transaction comprising price information; d. a transmission step, wherein the user'"'"'s personal identification information comprising at least a bid biometric sample is forwarded to the computer system; e. a user identification step, wherein the computer system compares the bid biometric sample with registration biometric samples for producing either a successful or failed identification of the user; and f. a payment step, wherein a financial account of the user is debited and a financial account of the seller is credited, wherein a commercial transaction is conducted without the user having to use any smartcards or swipe cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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