Patent ID: 8632001

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating at least one customer data receiving device during a financial transaction requiring customer signature and customer account information, to wirelessly receive customer-identifying electronic signature data provided by a customer through a portable wireless communication device during the financial transaction, wherein the at least one customer data receiving device is capable of wirelessly receiving only customer-identifying electronic signature data that is wirelessly communicated from within a limited specific distance from the at least one customer data receiving device; (b) operating the at least one customer data receiving device during the financial transaction to wirelessly receive customer account information provided by the customer through the portable wireless communication device during the financial transaction, wherein the at least one customer data receiving device is capable of wirelessly receiving only customer account information that is wirelessly communicated from within the limited specific distance; and (c) operating the at least one customer data receiving device to cause the customer-identifying electronic signature data received in (a) and the customer account information received in (b) to be used in the financial transaction.