William Thomas O'Connor

US Patent:

61785105, Jan 23, 2001

Filed:

Sep 4, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/923653

Inventors:

William Y. O'Connor - Saddle River NJ
Donald L. Stanford - Pawtucket RI
Tariq M. Khan - East Greenwich RI
Michael A. Hutton - East Greenwich RI
Steve W. Beason - Exeter RI
Robert C. Angell - West Greenwich RI

Assignee:

GTech Rhode Island Corporation - West Greenwich RI

International Classification:

H02H 305
H04L 122

US Classification:

713201

Abstract:

A system for performing regulated transactions is used with a network that is commonly accessible by a plurality of communication terminals. A gatekeeper, coupled to the network, permits access to the system only if authorization information, as indicated by an authorization signal received by the gatekeeper from a communication terminal via the network, complies with at least one predetermined criterion. The authorization information includes information independent of information supplied by a communication terminal user and independent of information indicative of a communication line coupled to the user's communication terminal. A host, coupled to the gatekeeper, receives a first signal from the user's communication terminal through the network and sends a second signal through the network to the user's communication terminal in response to the first signal.