Patent ID: 8800004

Claim:
A computerized authorization system configured to authorize electronically-made requests made to an electronic entity, the computerized authorization system comprising: a hardware storage device, wherein the hardware storage device is configured to store m identifiers of m corresponding predetermined electronic authorization hardware devices, wherein each of the m predetermined electronic authorization hardware devices is associated with one, and only one user, of n users, where m and n are integers, n≧2, and n≦m; one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors is configured to receive an indication of an electronically-made request made to an electronic entity, from the electronic entity; wherein each predetermined electronic authorization hardware device, of the m predetermined electronic authorization hardware devices, is configured to receive the indication of the electronically-made request from the one or more processors, and configured to output an authorization of the electronically-made request by the user, of the n users, associated with the each predetermined electronic authorization hardware device, to the one or more processors, upon receipt of an authorization input from the user, of the n users, associated with the each predetermined electronic authorization hardware device; wherein when the one or more processors receives the indication of the electronically-made request, from the electronic entity, the one or more processors output the indication of the electronically-made request to the m predetermined electronic authorization hardware devices; and wherein when the one or more processors receives one or more authorizations of the electronically-made request from a corresponding one or more predetermined electronic authorization hardware devices of the m predetermined electronic authorization hardware devices, an indication of authorization of the electronically-made request is output to the electronic entity if the one or more authorizations of the electronically-made request received by the one or more processors meet a predetermined criterion.