Patent ID: 8393536
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for a system having a plurality of persons, a plurality of cards issued under authority of an entity; a retail site configured with a first signal, the first signal being common to the plurality of cards; the system further including a second signal on a first card in the plurality of cards; wherein each card evidences a license for a person to operate a vehicle; and a second system storing an association between the second signal and account information, the entity and an owner of the second system being non-affiliated, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the first and second signals from the first card; responsive to the first signal, making a routing decision; responsive to the routing decision, conditionally sending the second signal into a first hardware path, to cause the second system to perform the steps of conditionally effecting a transaction with a holder of the first card, depending on a signal received from the second system.