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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1997
Salim G. Kara, Houston, TX (US);
Manish Desai, Houston, TX (US);
Mohammas A. Husain, Humble, TX (US);
Martin J. Pagel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ken D. Hinh, League City, TX (US);
E-Stamp Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for conducting secure fault tolerant transactions, such as financial transaction, remotely is disclosed. The transactions are conducted utilizing a portable processor device which is initialized and authorized according to the present invention. Thereafter, the portable processor operates to conduct transactions involving information exchange through unsecured communication paths according to a predetermined protocol. The protocol includes the use of atomic transactions within the portable processor device.