Patent ID: 6938821
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A retail system comprising: a server configured to store a plurality of personal control ID's and a plurality of sets of personal data, each of the plurality of personal control ID's being associated with a respective different person and a respective set of personal data entered into the server and controlled by said respective different person, the server also being configured to store a data profile derived from a set of personal data associated with a personal control ID identifying a selected different person and assembled together by said selected different person for use by a selected one of one or more providers identified by a provider ID; a data processor remote from and in communication with the server; a retail point-of-sale (POS) terminal in communication with said data processor, and adapted to couple via a data communication link to an ID instrument to receive from said ID instrument said personal control ID identifying said selected different person and to send said personal control ID identifying said selected different person to said data processor, said data processor being configured to transmit said personal control ID identifying said selected different person and said provider ID identifying said selected provider to said server, the server being further configured to retrieve from said plurality of sets of personal data and transmit to said data processor said data profile derived from said set of personal data associated with said personal control ID identifying said selected different person for use by said selected provider identified by said provider ID; and an output device connected to said data processor to receive from said data processor said data profile received from said server and to output said data profile to said selected provider to thereby verify said personal control ID as being associated with a user of said personal control ID at said retail POS prior to proceeding with a retail transaction.