Systems and methods for time variable financial authentication
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a credit card comprising a computer processor and having an account identifier and a display for displaying a number that changes based on a clock for use in a transaction, the computer processor generating the number by transforming a value associated with the clock using a key; and
a device that receives only the account identifier and the number and transmits the account identifier, the number, and a timestamp of a transaction to an authenticating authority for authenticating the transaction;
wherein the account identifier and the number are received as separate numbers, andwherein the number comprises at least one digit that does not change.
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Abstract
The systems and methods of the invention provide a technique for authenticating a finance related transaction. The method may include providing a token which contains a token counter, the token counter periodically advancing to generate a changing token value, the token counter being synchronized to a base counter that generates an authenticating value; transforming the token value into a token output sequence using logic; and outputting at least part of the token output sequence to an authenticating authority, the authenticating authority having access to the authenticating value. Further, the method includes the authenticating authority verifying the validity of the transaction based on the token output sequence and the authenticating value, from which the authenticating authority obtains a verification sequence using the logic, the verifying the validity including the authenticating authority comparing the token output sequence to the verification sequence to determine if there is a match between the token output sequence and the verification sequence.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a credit card comprising a computer processor and having an account identifier and a display for displaying a number that changes based on a clock for use in a transaction, the computer processor generating the number by transforming a value associated with the clock using a key; and a device that receives only the account identifier and the number and transmits the account identifier, the number, and a timestamp of a transaction to an authenticating authority for authenticating the transaction; wherein the account identifier and the number are received as separate numbers, and wherein the number comprises at least one digit that does not change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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displaying, on a display of a payment card having an account identifier, a number for use in a transaction, the number generated by a computer processor by transforming a value associated with a clock using a key of the payment card; and receiving, at a device, only the account identifier and the number from the payment card and transmitting the account identifier, the number, and a timestamp of a transaction to an authenticating authority for authenticating the transaction; wherein the account identifier and the number are received as separate numbers, and wherein the number comprises at least one digit that does not change. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory machine readable medium, executable by a machine, that includes program logic imprinted thereon for performing the method comprising:
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displaying, on a display of a payment card having an account identifier, a number that changes based on a clock for use in a transaction, the number generated by a computer processor transforming a value associated with the clock using a key of the payment card; and a device that receives only the account identifier and the number from the payment card and transmits the account identifier, the periodically changing number, and a timestamp of a transaction to an authenticating authority for authenticating the transaction; wherein the account identifier and the periodically changing number are received as separate numbers, and wherein the number comprises at least one digit that does not change. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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