Portable 2-way wireless financial messaging unit

US6311167A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Motorola, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Walter L. Davis · Coral Springs, US
• Jeff LaVell · Mesa, US
• Victoria A. Leonardo · Boca Raton, US
• Barry W. Herold · Barrington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2209/56
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A portable 2-way secure financial messaging unit (906) includes a receiver (804), a selective call decoder (1004), a financial transaction processor (1014), a main processor (1006), and a transmitter (1034). A received secure financial transaction message is decoded by the selective call decoder (1004) and either passed directly to a financial transaction processor (1014) in the secure financial messaging unit or to a smart card to prevent unauthorized access to information contained in the secure financial transaction message. The portable 2-way secure financial messaging unit (906) may originate as well as receive financial transactions.