Patent ID: 6997381
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A smart card reader for regulating multi-party transactions comprising: a first input port disposed on the reader adapted for receiving a first smart card assigned to a first person and for reading biometric information of the first person previously stored on the first smart card; a second input port disposed on the reader distal the first input port and adapted for receiving a second smart card assigned to a second person and for reading biometric information of the second person previously stored on the second smart card; first and second biometric sensors disposed on the smart card reader, with the first biometric sensor being located proximate the first input port for reading biometric information from the first person and the second biometric sensor being located proximate the second input port for reading biometric information from the second person; and at least one processor, in communication with the first and second input ports and the first and second biometric sensors, for comparing both the read biometric information of the first person against the previously stored biometric information of the first person and the read biometric information of the second person against the previously stored biometric information of the second person, to verify whether the first person is the actual assigned person of the first smart card and the second person is the actual assigned person of the second smart card, and for regulating a transaction according to whether or not the first and second persons have been verified.