Patent ID: 6178510
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
A system for performing regulated transactions for use with a network that is commonly accessible by a plurality of communication terminals, the system comprising:a gatekeeper, coupled to the network, adapted to permit access to the system only if authorization information, as indicated by an authorization signal received by the gatekeeper from a communication terminal via the network, complies with at least one predetermined criterion, the authorization information being associated with the communication terminal and being independent of information supplied by a user of the communication terminal and independent of information indicative of a communication line coupling the communication terminal to the gatekeeper via the network; anda host, coupled to the gatekeeper, that receives a first signal from the communication terminal through the network and sends a second signal through the network to the communication terminal in response to the first signal.