Patent ID: 6070154
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method for securely transmitting a credit card number of a user from a credit card charge GUI (graphical user interface) to a vendor through an electronic medium, the credit card number comprising a plurality of digits, the steps of the method being performed by a data processor, the method comprising the steps of:(a) entering at least one digit of the credit card number to the credit card charge GUI by the user to form at least one entered digit;(b) sending said at least one entered digit of the credit card number to the vendor through the electronic medium from the credit card charge GUI to form at least one sent digit;(c) receiving said at least one sent digit of the credit card number by the vendor;(d) repeating steps (a) to (c) until substantially all digits of the credit card number have been received by the vendor to form a plurality of received digits, such that steps (a) to (c) are performed at least twice; and(e) ordering the plurality of received digits to form the credit card number.