Patent ID: 7334259

Claim:
A method for tracking a person down in a population by obstructing the person from negotiating a transaction with another person, group, or entity in the population, comprising the steps of: a) selecting for each person in the population of a country an identifying biometric characteristic unique to that person; b) determining profile information of each person in the population; c) storing the identifying characteristic and the profile information of each person in the population in individual portable data devices to be carried by respective persons, the data devices including an active status and an inactive status; d) storing the identifying characteristic and the profile information of each person in the population collectively at a central location; e) converting the data device of the person to be tracked down to an inactive status; f) determining an identifying biometric characteristic and the profile information of a person wishing to negotiate a transaction from the portable data device carried by the person; g) comparing the identifying characteristic and the profile information determined in step f) with the corresponding identifying characteristic and the profile information prestored in step d) for a successful or unsuccessful comparison; h) obtaining a portion of the profile information and a biometric characteristic directly from the person in step f); i) comparing the identifying characteristic and the profile information obtained in steps f) and h) for a successful or unsuccessful comparison; j) confirming the profile information of the person wishing to negotiate the transaction obtained in step h) with the corresponding profile information of the person to be tracked down as being the same; k) confirming comparisons carried out in steps g) and i) as successful comparisons; l) determining an active or inactive status of the data device carried by the person in step f); and m) obstructing the person in step f) from negotiating the transaction if the status of the data device is determined to be inactive in step 1 ); n) wherein the person in step f) is tracked down in the population by being barred from negotiating any transaction with any person, group, or entity in the population.