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Security system for electronic funds transfer system

US4408203A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1980
Grant dateOct 4, 1983
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/56
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A security system, particularly useful in an electronic funds transfer system, makes use of secret identification codes known only to system users. The codes are encrypted upon insertion into the system and are stored in a data processing unit in encrypted form. A security module is used to decrypt the code entered by a user and compare it to the corresponding encrypted code stored in the data processing unit.

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