Patent ID: 8783578

Claim:
A card for dynamically displaying information pursuant to user authentication, comprising: a dynamic display for displaying information; an integrated circuit (IC) for controlling the dynamic display and for accessing a memory medium on the card, the memory medium storing the information; and an energy component, wherein the card is powered by alignment of the energy component with a light source of a point of sale terminal; a biometric reader; and an imager; wherein the user authentication is performed by: receiving a source verification code (SVC) via the imager, the SVC being generated based on the card information; generating a card validation code (CVC) on the card using the SVC; generating a user validation code (UVC) pertaining to a validation of a user, the UVC code being generated based on a biometric reading taken via the biometric reader; communicating the SVC, the CVC, and the UVC to a transaction validator via a website; generating a validation result for the commercial transaction based on the SVC, the CVC, and the UVC; and displaying the validation result on the dynamic display.