Portable electronic authorization system and associated method
CA 2388007 A1 · Owner: Lipoff, Stuart · Inventors: Cohen, Rob; Burger, Todd O.; Hassol, Joshua
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In one embodiment an apparatus includes a housing; a user authenticator supported by the housing, that authenticates an identity of a user; at least one memory, supported by the housing, that stores transaction information for at least first and second media; and at least one output supported by the , housing, that releases at least a portion of the transaction information to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal after the user authenticator has authenticated the identity of the user. In another embodiment a method involves steps of: , storing transaction information for at least first and second media in a memory of a device; receiving as input a user's selection of one of the at least …
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