Portable handheld device for wireless order entry and real time payment authorization and related methods

A portable device for real time payment authorization comprising:

• a housing;
• a display carried by said housing;
• an input device carried by said housing for reading user sensitive information;
• a personal identification number (PIN) input device carried by said housing;
• a wireless transceiver carried by said housing;
• and
• a processor carried by said housing and coupled to said display, input device, PIN input device, and wireless transceiver for
• encrypting and wirelessly sending the user sensitive information and PIN information without retrievably storing the user sensitive information and the PIN information, and
• wirelessly receiving and displaying payment authorization information based upon real time authorization.

A system for wireless order entry and real time payment authorization via the Internet and comprising:

• a wireless network router coupled to the Internet;
• and
• at least one portable device comprising
• a housing,
• a display carried by said housing,
• an input device carried by said housing for reading user sensitive information,
• a wireless transceiver carried by said housing, and
• a processor carried by said housing and coupled to said display, input device, and wireless transceiver for
• wirelessly sending the user sensitive information to said wireless network router without retrievably storing the user sensitive information, and
• wirelessly receiving and displaying payment authorization information from said wireless network router based upon real time authorization.

A wireless real time payment authorization method comprising:

• providing a portable device comprising a housing, a display carried by the housing, an input device carried by the housing for reading user sensitive information, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, and a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the display, input device, and wireless transceiver;
• wirelessly sending the user sensitive information from the portable handheld device without retrievably storing the user sensitive information;
• and
• wirelessly receiving and displaying payment authorization information at the portable device based upon real time authorization.