Portable handheld device for wireless order entry and real time payment authorization and related methods
DCFirst Claim
1. A portable device for real time payment authorization comprising:
- a housing;
an output device carried by said housing;
an input device carried by said housing for obtaining user sensitive information;
a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; and
a processor carried by said housing and coupled to said output device, input device, and wireless transceiver forwirelessly sending the user sensitive information without retrievably storing the user sensitive information, andwirelessly receiving payment authorization information via said wireless transceiver based upon real time authorization and conveying the received payment authorization information via said output device.
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Abstract
A portable handheld device for wireless order entry and real time payment authorization may include a portable housing, a display carried by the housing, an order entry input device carried by the housing, a transaction card input device carried by the housing for reading user sensitive information from a transaction card, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, and a processor carried by the housing and connected to the display, order entry input device, transaction card input device and wireless transceiver. The processor may be for wirelessly sending input order information, and encrypting and wirelessly sending the user sensitive information from the transaction card without storing and without displaying. The processor may also be for wirelessly receiving and displaying payment authorization information based upon real time authorization from a transaction card issuing entity.
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60 Claims
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1. A portable device for real time payment authorization comprising:
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a housing; an output device carried by said housing; an input device carried by said housing for obtaining user sensitive information; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; and a processor carried by said housing and coupled to said output device, input device, and wireless transceiver for wirelessly sending the user sensitive information without retrievably storing the user sensitive information, and wirelessly receiving payment authorization information via said wireless transceiver based upon real time authorization and conveying the received payment authorization information via said output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A portable device for real time payment authorization comprising:
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a housing; an output device carried by said housing; an input device carried by said housing for obtaining user sensitive information; a personal identification number (PIN) input device carried by said housing; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; and a processor carried by said housing and coupled to said output device, input device, PIN input device, and wireless transceiver for encrypting and wirelessly sending the user sensitive information and PIN information without retrievably storing the user sensitive information and the PIN information, and wirelessly receiving payment authorization information via said wireless transceiver based upon real time authorization and conveying the received payment authorization information via said output device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for wireless order entry and real time payment authorization via the Internet and comprising:
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a wireless network router coupled to the Internet; and at least one portable device comprising a housing, an output device carried by said housing, an input device carried by said housing for obtaining user sensitive information, a wireless transceiver carried by said housing, and a processor carried by said housing and coupled to said output device, input device, and wireless transceiver for wirelessly sending the user sensitive information to said wireless network router without retrievably storing the user sensitive information, and wirelessly receiving payment authorization information from said wireless network router via said wireless transceiver based upon real time authorization, and conveying the received payment authorization information via said output device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A wireless real time payment authorization method comprising:
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providing a portable device comprising a housing, an output device carried by the housing, an input device carried by the housing for obtaining user sensitive information, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, and a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the output device, input device, and wireless transceiver; wirelessly sending the user sensitive information from the portable handheld device without retrievably storing the user sensitive information; and wirelessly receiving payment authorization information at the portable device via said wireless transceiver based upon real time authorization and conveying the received payment authorization information via said output device. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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