Patent ID: 7886964

Claim:
A method for transacting a sale by way of a personal transmitter, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a consumer-maintained web-site via data input means; displaying an order and payment preference template at the consumer-maintained web-site; inputting order preference data and payment preference data into the order and payment preference template at the consumer-maintained web-site; associating encrypted customer payment-specific pointers with the order preference data and payment preference data; downloading the order preference data, payment preference data, and encrypted customer payment-specific pointers to a transmitter from the consumer-maintained web-site; storing the order preference data, payment preference data, and encrypted customer payment-specific pointers as encrypted data upon the transmitter; carrying the transmitter with said encrypted data to a vendor establishment area; transmitting the transmitter-carried encrypted data to the vendor establishment area from the transmitter; receiving the transmitter-carried encrypted data at at least one vendor located within the vendor establishment area; validating the transmitted order and payment preference data via the customer payment-specific pointers by way of: transmitting sales data and encrypted charge data to web-based processor, reading encrypted charge data and encrypted customer data by the web-based processor; and matching encrypted charge data and encrypted customer data against a pre-stored database accessed by the web-based processor; processing the validated order and payment preference data by way of: applying charges against a consumer account; transferring charges to vendor account; and delivering a preferred order to a purchaser via at least one vendor at the vendor establishment area.