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Tokenless biometric electric check transaction
Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
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Filing: 1999-01-29
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Granted: 2001-05-08
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Expires: 2019-01-29
Abstract
Abstract A tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample is described. The method comprises a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor checking account. In a payee registration step, the payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator. An electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising payee bid identification data, a transaction amount, and at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person, in a transaction formation step. Preferably in one transmission step the payee bid identification data, the transaction amount, and payor bid biometric sample are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator. A comparator engine or the identification module of the third party identiticator compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor. The comparator engine compares the payee's identification data with a payee's registered identification data for producing a successful or failed identification of the payee. Once the third party identicator successfully identifies the payor and payee, a biometric-based authorization of an electronic check is issued, to transfer funds from the payor's checking account to the payee's financial account.
Inventors
- 👤 David Ferrin Pare, Jr.
- 👤 Ned Hoffman
- 👤 Jonathan Alexander Lee
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H; H04; H04L; H04L63/00; H04L63/04; G; G01; G01F; G01F19/00; G01F19/005; G06; G06F; G06F18/00; G06F18/20; G06F18/28; G06F21/00; G06F21/30; G06F21/31; G06F21/32; G06F21/50; G06F21/55; G06F21/554; G06F21/70; G06F21/82; G06F21/83; G06F21/86; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/02; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/042; G06Q20/0425; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/085; G06Q20/0855; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/102; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/18; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/382; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4014; G06Q20/40145; G06Q20/409; G06Q20/4097; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/06; G06Q30/08; G06Q40/00; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/12; G06V40/1365; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/30; G07C9/32; G07C9/37; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/201; G07F19/207; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; H04L63/0428; H04L63/08; H04L63/0823; H04L63/083; H04L63/0861; H04L63/12; H04L63/123; G06F2211/00; G06F2211/007; G06F2211/008; G06F2221/00; G06F2221/21; G06F2221/2117; H04L2463/00; H04L2463/102
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
264 words
A method for tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample, said method comprising the steps of: a. a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor checking account; b. a payee registration step, wherein the payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator; c. a transaction formation step, wherein an electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising payee bid identification data, a transaction amount, and at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person; d. at least one transmission step, wherein the payee bid identification data, the transaction amount, and payor bid biometric sample are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator; e. a payor identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor; f. a payee identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the payee's bid identification data with a payee's registered identification data for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payee; g. wherein upon successful identification of the payor and payee, a biometric-based authorization of an electronic check is authorized without the payor presenting any personalized man-made tokens to transfer funds from the payor's checking account to the payee's financial account.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
264 words
A method for tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample, said method comprising the steps of: a. a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor checking account; b. a payee registration step, wherein the payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator; c. a transaction formation step, wherein an electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising payee bid identification data, a transaction amount, and at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person; d. at least one transmission step, wherein the payee bid identification data, the transaction amount, and payor bid biometric sample are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator; e. a payor identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor; f. a payee identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the payee's bid identification data with a payee's registered identification data for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payee; g. wherein upon successful identification of the payor and payee, a biometric-based authorization of an electronic check is authorized without the payor presenting any personalized man-made tokens to transfer funds from the payor's checking account to the payee's financial account.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the payee identification data comprises any one of the following; a payee hardware ID code, a payee telephone number, a payee email address, a payee digital certificate code, a payee account index, a payee financial account number, a payee biometric, and a payee biometric and PIN combination.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the payee registration step further comprises registering a payee biometric sample with the electronic third party identicator, which is compared in the payee identification step with at least one registered biometric sample for identification of the payee.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the payor registration step further comprises registering a payor personal identification number with the electronic third party identicator, which is used by the tokenless authorization system to identification the payor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 4 further comprising a biometric theft resolution step, wherein the payor's personal identification number is changed whenever the payor's biometric sample is determined to have been fraudulently duplicated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising a payor resource determination step, wherein it is determined if the payor's checking account has sufficient resources to be debited for the transaction amount.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising a payor account selection step, wherein after the payor has been successfully identified in the payor identification step, the tokenless authorization system presents at least one checking account which was registered by the payor with the tokenless authorization system for selection of one of the checking accounts by the payor for debiting.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising a transaction payment step, wherein the transaction amount is debited from a payor's checking account.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein the transaction amount is credited to the payee's financial account.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the transaction payment step further comprises the payor designating a future date on which the transaction amount is to be deducted from the payor's checking account and credited to the payee's financial account.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 8 further comprising a re-presentation step, wherein upon return of the electronic check, the electronic check is automatically re-presented for debiting the checking account of the payor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the registration step further comprises registering a payor private code with the electronic third party identicator, which is distinct from a personal identification number and not used in the payor identification step, wherein the private code is displayed to the payor to validate that the authentic electronic third party identicator has processes the transaction.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 12 wherein both the payor resource determination step and the electronic check authorization step further comprise the tokenless authorization system communicating with one or more external computers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction amount comprises price information, a list of goods and services, a payee name, a date or time, a location, or an invoice number.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction acceptance step further comprises the payor entering a new transaction amount, which is the sum of a cash back amount and the transaction amount, for the financial transaction.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising a payor re-registration step, wherein the user's registration biometric samples are compared against previously designated biometric samples wherein if a match occurs, the computer system is alerted to the fact that the payor has re-registered with the tokenless authorization system.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the biometric sample comprises of one of the following: a fingerprint, a facial scan, a retinal image, an iris scan, and a voice print.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 wherein during the payor registration step, the payor registers at least one payor checking account and assigns an account index code to each payor checking account, and during the acceptance step the user adds the account index code to the financial transaction, wherein the account index code further comprises one or more alphanumeric characters.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
176 words
A tokenless electronic check authorization device for transferring funds from a payor checking account to a payee financial account, said device comprising: a. a computer data processing center further comprising data bases wherein the payor registers a registration biometric sample and the payee registers a payee identification data; b. a party identification apparatus having a biometric sensor for input of a biometric sample; c. communication lines for transmission of a registration and bid biometric sample obtained by the party identification apparatus from the payor's person to the data processing center; d. a comparator engine for comparing a bid biometric sample to at least one registration biometric sample, and comparing a bid payee identification data with at least one registration payee identification data; and e. an execution module for authorizing transfer of a transaction amount from the payor checking account to the payee financial account upon successful identification of the payor, wherein no man made memory devices such as a credit/debit card, smartcard or a paper check is used by the payor to conduct the financial transaction.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
176 words
A tokenless electronic check authorization device for transferring funds from a payor checking account to a payee financial account, said device comprising: a. a computer data processing center further comprising data bases wherein the payor registers a registration biometric sample and the payee registers a payee identification data; b. a party identification apparatus having a biometric sensor for input of a biometric sample; c. communication lines for transmission of a registration and bid biometric sample obtained by the party identification apparatus from the payor's person to the data processing center; d. a comparator engine for comparing a bid biometric sample to at least one registration biometric sample, and comparing a bid payee identification data with at least one registration payee identification data; and e. an execution module for authorizing transfer of a transaction amount from the payor checking account to the payee financial account upon successful identification of the payor, wherein no man made memory devices such as a credit/debit card, smartcard or a paper check is used by the payor to conduct the financial transaction.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
54 words
The authorization device of claim 19 wherein the payee identification data comprises any one of the following; a payee hardware ID code, a payee telephone number, a payee email address, a payee digital certificate code, a payee account index, a payee financial account number, a payee biometric, and a payee biometric and PIN combination.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
The authorization device of claim 19 wherein the payor registration biometric sample is associated with a PIN, the PIN used by the authorization device for identification the payor.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
26 words
The authorization device of claim 19 wherein the execution module determines if the payor's checking account has sufficient resources to be debited for the transaction amount.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
52 words
The authorization device of claim 19 further comprising an account selector module, wherein after the payor has been successfully identified, the authorization device presents at least one checking account which was registered by the payor with the authorization device for selection of one of the checking accounts by the payor for debiting.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
The authorization device of claim 19 wherein the execution module debits the transaction amount from a payor's checking account.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
20 words
The authorization device of claim 24 , wherein the execution module credits the transaction amount to the payee's financial account.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
58 words
The authorization device of claim 19 further comprising a transaction processors wherein the payor registers a private code with the authorization device, which is distinct from a personal identification number and not used to identify the payor, wherein the private code is displayed to the payor to validate that the authentic authorization device has processed the financial transaction.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
56 words
The authorization device of claim 19 wherein a subset of the payor registration biometric samples are stored in a payor re-registration database, which the comparator engine compares a payor's registration biometric samples to, wherein if a match occurs, the authorization system is alerted to the fact that the payor has re-registered with the tokenless authorization system.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
298 words
A method for tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample, said method comprising the steps of: a. a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor checking account; b. a payee registration step, wherein the payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator; c. a transaction formation step, wherein an electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising payee bid identification data, a transaction amount, and at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person; d. at least one transmission step, wherein the payee bid identification data, the transaction amount, and payor bid biometric sample are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator; e. a payor identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor; f. a payee identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the payee's bid identification data with a payee's registered identification data for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payee; g. wherein upon successful identification of the payor and payee, a biometric-based authorization of an electronic check is authorized without the payor presenting any personalized man-made tokens such as paper checks or magnetic swipe cards to transfer funds from the payor's checking account to the payee's financial account; and h. a re-presentation step, wherein upon return of the electronic check, the electronic check is automatically re-presented for debiting the checking account of the payor.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
298 words
A method for tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample, said method comprising the steps of: a. a payor registration step, wherein the payor registers with an electronic third party identicator at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one payor checking account; b. a payee registration step, wherein the payee registers a payee identification data with the electronic third party identicator; c. a transaction formation step, wherein an electronic financial transaction is formed between the payor and the payee, comprising payee bid identification data, a transaction amount, and at least one payor bid biometric sample, wherein the bid biometric sample is obtained from the payor's person; d. at least one transmission step, wherein the payee bid identification data, the transaction amount, and payor bid biometric sample are electronically forwarded to the third party electronic identicator; e. a payor identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the bid biometric sample with at least one registered biometric sample for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payor; f. a payee identification step, wherein the electronic third party identicator compares the payee's bid identification data with a payee's registered identification data for producing either a successful or failed identification of the payee; g. wherein upon successful identification of the payor and payee, a biometric-based authorization of an electronic check is authorized without the payor presenting any personalized man-made tokens such as paper checks or magnetic swipe cards to transfer funds from the payor's checking account to the payee's financial account; and h. a re-presentation step, wherein upon return of the electronic check, the electronic check is automatically re-presented for debiting the checking account of the payor.
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