Patent ID: 7537154
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of using data from a data bearing record to allow a purchase transaction involving a purchase of goods by a customer located at a merchant facility which both offers the goods and is associated with a merchant system operative to utilize received customer information, wherein the purchase transaction requires both a customer signature and customer account data from the customer, comprising: (a) operating the merchant system during the transaction to wirelessly receive customer-identifying electronic signature data from a portable hand-held communication device having stored therein customer account data and the electronic signature data in a data bearing record, wherein the electronic signature data is received while the communication device is located at the merchant facility; (b) operating the merchant system during the transaction to wirelessly receive the customer account data from the communication device while the communication device is located at the merchant facility; and (c) operating the merchant system to cause electronic signature data received in step (a), customer account data received in step (b), and purchase data associated with the transaction to be stored in correlation.