Patent ID: 6067526
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A system comprising:a plurality of portable cards;a first computer network including a first plurality of computers, each having a respective first network address, the plurality of first computers including a first computer having means for sending a first signal including a first network address, an inter-network address corresponding to a computer on another network, and a signal corresponding to a product;a second computer network including a second plurality of computers, each having a respective second network address;means, responsive to the inter-network address from the first signal, for sending a second signal including a second network address and the signal corresponding to the product; andmeans, responsive to the signal corresponding to the product from the second signal, for sending a card signal, to a portable card in the plurality of cards; andmeans, spatially removed from the previous means, for reading the card signal from the portable card.