Patent ID: 7083085

Claim:
A tag to accompany a financial services card for verifying a financial services card transaction by reading a card ID from the financial services card, reading a tag ID from the tag, and approving a transaction with the financial services card based on comparing the card ID with the tag ID, said tag being separate from the financial services card, said tag comprising: a transceiver to receive a security stamp from a tag reader and to return a tag ID to the tag reader; logic to combine the security stamp with a partial tag ID previously stored in the tag and to encrypt the resulting combination using an encryption key previously stored in the tag, to provide the tag ID returned to the tag reader by the transceiver; and a battery and a high control impedance switch that applies the battery to power the transceiver and the logic, responsive to an electrical signal derived by passive components of the transceiver from a field emitted by the tag reader.