Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Business processing using cryptography – Usage protection of distributed data files
Patent
1998-11-27
2000-05-30
MacDonald, Allen R.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Business processing using cryptography
Usage protection of distributed data files
765 1, 765 39, 765 44, 380 54, G06F 1760, G06F 700, G06F 1530
Patent
active
060701544
ABSTRACT:
A method for transmitting credit card numbers in a secure manner through an electronic medium such as the Internet. Credit card numbers typically consist of a string of 10-20 digits, with the exact number of digits depending upon the provider of the credit card. The security is provided by transmitting the credit card number in a plurality of different transmissions, each transmission containing at least one digit of the credit card number, but fewer than all of the digits of the credit card number. Preferably, the user selects the number of digits from the credit card number to send with each transmission. Thus, the entire credit card number can only be determined by receiving all of the transmissions from the user, thereby significantly increasing the difficulty of intercepting the credit card number.
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Avraham Gila Ben
Shevchenko Vadim
Tavor Onn
Activepoint Ltd.
Friedman Mark M.
Kanof Pedro R.
MacDonald Allen R.
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