Patent ID: 8461961

Claim:
A method for confirming identity of a user of a tamper-proof secure card comprising: receiving biometric data input by the user through a transparent input area of the tamper-proof secure card, the transparent input area allowing a card reader or a verification machine to receive the biometric data input by the user through the transparent input area, and the transparent input area preventing the user from directly touching the card reader or the verification machine; comparing the biometric data input with an emergency code preselected by the user and stored in the tamper-proof secure card; notifying an appropriate authority if the biometric data input matches the emergency code; displaying an artificial account balance lower than a current account balance if the biometric data input matches the emergency code; comparing input biometric data with biometric data stored in a transparent biometric data section of the tamper-proof secure card; confirming identity of the user if the input biometric data matches the biometric data stored in the transparent biometric data section of the tamper-proof secure card; rejecting the secure card if the input biometric data does not match the biometric data stored in the transparent biometric data section of the tamperproof secure card; comparing the input biometric data and the biometric data stored in the transparent biometric data section of the tamper-proof secure card with a unique card number created using biometric data of the user and stored in the tamper-proof secure card by a card issuing institution prior to issuing the tamper-proof secure card to the user; and rejecting the secure card if the input biometric data and the biometric data stored in the transparent biometric data section of the tamper-proof secure card do not match the unique card number.