Patent ID: 8176077

Claim:
A system for authorizing access to financial information, the system comprising: a mobile communications device, wherein the device is configured to: receive a set of data identifying the location of the device; and initiate a first communications signal over an Internet protocol network, the first communication signal including includes information comprising the set of data and an identifier unique to the device; and a database which comprises a table of identifiers, wherein, each identifier in the table is unique to one of a plurality of mobile communications devices; each identifier in the table is associated with a different set of financial information; and the table of identifiers includes the identifier unique to the device; a location comparison server, in communication with the device and the database, wherein the server is configured to: receive the first communications signal initiated by the mobile communications device over the Internet protocol network; store the set of data from the first communications signal in the database; receive a second communications signal comprising a request for access for a requester to view a set of financial information and data identifying the location of the request, wherein the set of financial information is associated with the identifier unique to the device and the second communication signal is received at a different time than the first communication signal; and authorize the request for access allowing the requester to view the set of financial information when the database indicates that the device is located within limited geographic regions, one or more boundaries of the regions determined by a time of the request for access and the location of the request for access.