Patent ID: 6193152
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
A self-contained modular signature capture device that has functionality without a host system and is useable during a transaction by a user to provide user-profile information, comprising:a writing/display unit including a pad responsive to writing thereon with a passive stylus, and including a liquid crystal display superimposed with said pad;a central processor unit (CPU) coupled to read-only-memory (ROM) storing at least one software routine executable by said CPU for operating said device, and further coupled to random access memory (RAM), and to said writing/display unit;an ISA-compatible bus coupled to said CPU;an ISA-compatible bus coupled to said CPU;electronic circuitry, coupled to said bus and responsive to said writing so as to present on said display an image of said writing readable by said user;interface circuitry, coupled to said bus, to permit operatively coupling at least one add-on accessory to said device;a magnetic card sub-unit, coupled to said bus, to permit magnetically reading and writing data to a card carrying at least two stripes of magnetic media; andcommunication interface circuitry, coupled to said bus, to permit coupling said device to a communications link for data transfer to an electronic system, said data including user-profile data;wherein during said transaction transferred said data enables said electronic system to select, based upon at least a purchase made during said transaction and upon any said user-profile data previously stored for said user, for immediate display and viewing by said user media relevant to said user's user-profile.