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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Alok Kumar, Suwanee, GA (US);
Alok Kumar, Suwanee, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A system reduces the risk of eavesdropping on data used to access an establishment's computer network. In one embodiment, a system includes a personal area network (PAN) access device that couples a low power, low frequency modulated signal to a wearer, the PAN access device including a data storage unit for storing personal identification data including biometric data and a modulator for modulating a low power, low frequency signal with the personal identification data, a personal area network (PAN) receiver for receiving the modulated signal, a database for storing purchasing data for a plurality of customers, a memory including instructions which, when executed, associate the received personal identification data with the stored shopping data for one of the plurality of customers and a microprocessor for executing the stored instructions.