COMPUTING SYSTEM AND MULTI-PURPOSE UNIVERSAL IDENTIFICATION CARD

摘要

The invention relates to a computing system and to a multi-purpose universal identification card. The user of a universal card can use a single card in order to perform operations that currently require the use of various cards or personal identification means. The universal card can also be used to perform business activities such as those currently carried out with credit cards, debit cards, payroll cards or telephone cards. In addition, said card can be used to perform activities for which the user must identify him/herself with documents such as service record books, driving licences, passports or identification used to vote. The inventive universal card, which is equipped with a chip or magnetic strip, is in communication with a universal computer which performs all of the identification and authorisation functions and which communicates with different computers at the private or governmental entities responsible for said operations. Moreover, said universal cards can be used in standard card readers or to perform operations via the Internet.