Method for authorizing an auxiliary account using identification wristbands
AssigneeProximities, Inc.
InventorsJohn Lerch, Joshua Girvin
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Abstract
A process for electronic authorization to access a common account via personal identification devices such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, such as may be mounted on a wristband. RFID wristbands for auxiliary users are not authorized by a cashier/operator unless a primary account holder's RFID wristband is utilized as an immediate preceding step. This process alleviates a problem with simpler approaches which merely require operator authorization to associate auxiliary RFID wristbands with primary RFID wristbands.
Claims11
A method for authorizing transactions using personal identification devices comprising the steps of:
- (a) authorizing a first identification device to access a primary account, the first identification device containing a first set of identification information;
- (b) at a later time reading the first set of identification information from the first identification device;
- (c) immediately thereafter, reading a second set of identification information from a second identification device;
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- (d) authorizing the second identification device to access the primary account only if step (c) immediately follows step (b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.