Patent ID: 6052675
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method for authorizing a transaction by an authorized user, comprising:prior to initiating the transaction, storing a pre-set personal identification code for an authorized user in an evaluation system;providing an authorized user with the pre-set personal identification code;receiving, in the evaluation system, a first personal identification code which is transmitted to the evaluation system at the request of a person who may or may not be an authorized user;preauthorizing the transaction when the first personal identification code corresponds to the pre-set personal identification code stored in the evaluation system; andreceiving and storing, in the evaluation system, authorized transaction information in a request;receiving an identification from the authorized user at a vendor;receiving a contact from the vendor based on the identification supplied to the vendor after preauthorization;receiving, in the evaluation system, vendor transaction information of the vendor from the vendor via the contact; andauthorizing the transaction when the vendor transaction information corresponds to the authorized transaction information.