The invention as described provides a method and system for tokenless authorization
of commercial transactions between a buyer and a seller using a computer system.
The method comprises the steps of registering a buyer, wherein the buyer registers
with the computer system a PIN, at least one registration biometric sample, and
at least one buyer financial account. The method also includes a seller registration
step, wherein the seller registers with the computer system at least one seller
financial account. In a proposal step, the seller offers a proposed commercial
transaction to the buyer usually comprising price information. If the buyer accepts
the seller's proposal, in an acceptance step, the buyer signals his/her acceptance
by adding to the proposed commercial transaction the buyer's personal authentication
information comprising a PIN and at least one bid biometric sample which is obtained
from the buyer's person. In a transmission step, the bid biometric sample and PIN
are forwarded to the computer system. The computer system compares the bid biometric
sample with registration biometric samples for producing either a successful or
failed identification of the buyer in a buyer identification step. Upon determination
of sufficient resources, a financial account of the buyer is debited and a financial
account of the seller is credited, in a payment step. Therefore, a commercial transaction
is conducted without the buyer having to use any portable man-made memory devices
such as smartcards or swipe cards.