MOBILE COMMUNICATION UNIT

摘要

A mobile telephone (10) includes a device (15) for checking the identity of a user in connection with various transactions. The device (15) may include one or more of fingerprint scanning means, voice or password recognition means (e.g. using a microphone of the telephone), photograph display means (e.g. using a display (12) of the telephone) or retina recognition means. The telephone also includes a short-range communication means (16, 17) for undertaking RFID smart card transactions. A user can load data representing money by means of a telephone communication into a memory (16) for use is subsequent transactions. Alternatively, current transactions may be validated. The memory (16) may have sub-divisions corresponding to different smart cards.