| 5884280 |
System for and method of distributing proceeds from contents |
| Mar-16-1999 |
A content proceeds distribution system distributes proceeds of a sold content to third parties. Each of the third parties has a right of charge, not prescribed in a sales contract, at a rate corresponding... |
| 5878141 |
Computerized purchasing system and method for mediating purchase transactions over an interactive network |
| Mar-2-1999 |
A computerized, electronic purchase mediating system includes a purchaser database having a list of purchasers and a merchant database having a list of merchants. The purchaser database stores information... |
| 5864825 |
Method of displaying purchase data and goods registration system |
| Jan-26-1999 |
The past purchase data of the customers stored in a point-of-sales data management system, i.e., stored in a POS system are read out, and are classified and totalized depending upon designated periods... |
| 5832457 |
Method and apparatus for selective distribution of discount coupons based on prior customer behavior |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being... |
| 5806045 |
Method and system for allocating and redeeming incentive credits between a portable device and a base device |
| Sep-8-1998 |
A customer incentive system involving a plurality of service or merchandise providers comprises a customer-carried, portable device (74), a provider device (76), and a base device (72). To earn incentive... |
| 5794230 |
Method and system for creating and searching directories on a server |
| Aug-11-1998 |
In association with a computer system, a method and system for storing and locating information pertaining to a particular financial institution that supports on-line services. Information relating to... |
| 5787404 |
Credit-card based retirement fund system and method |
| Jul-28-1998 |
A method and system for providing an investment fund, such as a long term investment fund which may be suitable for retirement purposes, comprising the steps of establishing a credit based account with... |
| 5774870 |
Fully integrated, on-line interactive frequency and award redemption program |
| Jun-30-1998 |
An fully integrated on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may brows a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which... |
| 5754655 |
System for remote purchase payment and remote bill payment transactions |
| May-19-1998 |
A terminal is provided for allowing a user to conduct remote purchase payment and remote bill payment transactions with a remote host computer. In one embodiment, the terminal includes a QWERTY alphabetic... |
| 5732136 |
Merchant specific debit card verification system |
| Mar-24-1998 |
A merchant specific debit card verification system which includes a debit card having at least one ID property stored thereon and a merchant's terminal having at least one ID property stored thereon so... |
| 5729694 |
Speech coding, reconstruction and recognition using acoustics and electromagnetic waves |
| Mar-17-1998 |
The use of EM radiation in conjunction with simultaneously recorded acoustic speech information enables a complete mathematical coding of acoustic speech. The methods include the forming of a feature vector... |
| 5729697 |
Intelligent shopping cart |
| Mar-17-1998 |
The present apparatus is a mobile shopping cart that can automatically keep track of objects selected and carried in the cart and provide a customer using the cart information like the total price of the... |
| 5719382 |
Display peripheral incorporating a wedge interface |
| Feb-17-1998 |
An electronic cash register system is disclosed as including a personal computer, a display peripheral directly connected to the personal computer which has a wedge interface incorporated therein, a keyboard... |
| 5705798 |
System and method for processing a customized financial transaction card |
| Jan-6-1998 |
The present invention provides for a system and method of performing financial transactions which include a financial card that stores pre-selected transaction instructions corresponding to one or more... |
| 5691915 |
Data transmission device |
| Nov-25-1997 |
When the terminal 5 requests a partial access of a desired karaoke song to the center 3 in S380, only the climactic passage data of the karaoke song is transmitted from the center 3 to the terminal 5.... |
| 5655008 |
System and method for performing a variety of transactions having distributed decision-making capability |
| Aug-5-1997 |
A system and method whereby a multiplicity of users may perform a variety of transactions, such as a product/service request, a bill payment request and long distance telephone service, through a system... |
| 5625562 |
Internal bar code reading apparatus |
| Apr-29-1997 |
A gift certificate dispensing device having an internal machine-readable indicia reader is disclosed for printing and dispensing a certificate either based upon payment by a user or upon the insertion... |
| 5623547 |
Value transfer system |
| Apr-22-1997 |
A value transfer system which allows value to be transferred between electronic purses comprises computer which controls the loading of purses with value and the redemption of value from purses, a special... |
| 5602745 |
Fuel dispenser electronics design |
| Feb-11-1997 |
A fuel dispenser for installation in a service station equipped with a dispenser control console includes a housing, a pump to pump fuel through the housing, a fuel flow meter in the housing, a switch... |
| 5596501 |
System for dispensing fuel at remote locations, and method of operating same |
| Jan-21-1997 |
A system for dispensing fuel at remote locations includes an operations control center and a plurality of remotely located fuel dispensing modules in wireless communication therewith using a telemetry-based... |
| 5559313 |
Categorization of purchased items for each transaction by a smart card |
| Sep-24-1996 |
A smart card that is responsive to a list of items with individual prices that are received from a point of sale (POS) terminal during an individual transaction to automatically insert these items into... |
| 5557518 |
Trusted agents for open electronic commerce |
| Sep-17-1996 |
A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both... |
| 5526409 |
Adaptive communication system within a transaction card network |
| Jun-11-1996 |
The present invention is a point-of-presence device installed in a merchant establishment as an interface between a retail information system and a transaction card authorization network. By using a simple... |
| 5497314 |
Automated apparatus and method for object recognition at checkout counters |
| Mar-5-1996 |
An automated check-out system for retail stores, such as supermarkets, employing digitized video signals and other means to determine and differentiate individual products, and thereby register the data... |
| 5479510 |
Automated data card payment verification method |
| Dec-26-1995 |
A method of data transmission over existing telephone lines and later verification of that transmission includes electronic payment verification using telephone transmission of payment information and... |
| 5467270 |
System and method for POS based fuzzy theory utilizing data extraction |
| Nov-14-1995 |
In order to facilitate a customer's non-specific enquiry relating to sales records accumulated by a POS system, the sales records are utilized to form a plurality of data tables in response to the customer's... |
| 5466919 |
Credit/charge card system enabling purchasers to contribute to selected charities |
| Nov-14-1995 |
A method which enables a credit cardholder to make a donation to a cardholder-selected charity any time he makes a purchase using the credit card. The method comprises a credit/charge card which identifies... |
| 5465213 |
System and method of manufacturing a single book copy |
| Nov-7-1995 |
A computer based book manufacturing, distributing and retailing system for the high speed reproduction of a single copy of a book is disclosed. The system is especially adapted for direct consumer sales... |
| 5457305 |
Distributed on-line money access card transaction processing system |
| Oct-10-1995 |
A distributed on-line transaction processing system (10) that functions with to any existing credit card and debit bank card processing center (18). The system (10) consists of a customer data-input station... |
| 5448471 |
Check transaction processing, database building and marketing method and system utilizing automatic check reading |
| Sep-5-1995 |
The present invention includes automatic check reading techniques which enables the detection of a customer's checking account number on a check, regardless of the bank, bank branch or type of account.... |
| 5444616 |
Financial transaction systems and methods utilizing a multi-reader transaction terminal |
| Aug-22-1995 |
A multi-reader terminal including a magnetic stripe reader, an embossed character reader, and a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) check reader, in an integrated stand-alone unit. The terminal is... |
| 5430644 |
Check transaction processing, database building and marketing method and system utilizing automatic check reading |
| Jul-4-1995 |
The present invention includes automatic check reading techniques which enables the detection of a customer's checking account number on a check, regardless of the bank, bank branch or type of account.... |
| 5424524 |
Personal scanner/computer for displaying shopping lists and scanning barcodes to aid shoppers |
| Jun-13-1995 |
A personal bar code scanning device for aiding shoppers in keeping track of their expenditures and speeding the process of check-out and taking advantage of coupons. A microprocessor coupled to a bar code... |
| 5396417 |
Product distribution equipment and method |
| Mar-7-1995 |
A data collection device and method, particularly for point-of-sale systems used in the sales and rental of merchandise including video records, and more particularly for a revenue-sharing video record... |
| 5305196 |
Check transaction processing, database building and marketing method and system utilizing automatic check reading |
| Apr-19-1994 |
A method and system is disclosed for building a database for use in a retail store marketing program. A reader scans a customer's check which has been received at the retail store to detect a checking... |
| 5287269 |
Apparatus and method for accessing events, areas and activities |
| Feb-15-1994 |
An access control system and method is provided for an activities center wherein activities are available for customers. The control system employs a plurality of access cards, a comptroller processor,... |
| 5285382 |
System and method for processing credit and debit card validity and funds transactions from vending machines and similar terminals |
| Feb-8-1994 |
A system and method for processing credit card transactions includes a data processor with memory storage capable of accessing an electronic clearing facility through a time rated (e.g., long distance)... |
| 5278752 |
Proceeds processing apparatus requesting a customer to confirm proceeds processing |
| Jan-11-1994 |
A proceeds processing apparatus has an apparatus body, and a keyboard and a card reader provided on the apparatus body for entering first data indicative of the contents of a transaction. An operation... |
| 5256863 |
In-store universal control system |
| Oct-26-1993 |
The present invention relates to a system for automating data acquisition and processing at a checkstand point-of-sale in a retail outlet. Preferred embodiments include a first local area network of POS... |
| 5255182 |
Payment card point-of-sale service quality monitoring system, apparatus, and method |
| Oct-19-1993 |
A system for determining the cause of lost, delayed or erroneous responses in a network for authorizing payment card transactions from the point of view of the point-of-sale terminal that forms part of... |
| 5253345 |
Point of sale register system |
| Oct-12-1993 |
A register system for facilitating point of sale transactions of any of a plurality of products, each of the products having a bar code encoded product identification associated therewith, is disclosed.... |
| 5231569 |
Account transaction system |
| Jul-27-1993 |
A system for performing transaction from an account such as a checking account which adds a measure of assurance of payment to the account issuer is provided. The system includes a remote transaction terminal... |
| 5124754 |
Image forming apparatus managed by use of information-bearing media |
| Jun-23-1992 |
An image forming apparatus which comprises a reading device for reading first and second information given to the reading device one at a time, a manager for managing the image forming apparatus according... |
| 5088586 |
Automatic renting apparatus |
| Feb-18-1992 |
An automatic renting apparatus is for automatically renting rental articles and restoring returned rental articles. The automatic renting apparatus stores information concerning rental articles that have... |
| 5053956 |
Interactive system for retail transactions |
| Oct-1-1991 |
A system for retail trading comprises an image storing arrangement storing images of items being traded (e.g. carpets), an image index arrangement connected with the said storage arrangement and containing... |
| 5010485 |
Apparatus, system and method for creating credit vouchers usable at point of purchase stations |
| Apr-23-1991 |
Apparatus, system and method are provided for processing charge vouchers against charge card accounts administered by a host institution that issues an approval/disapproval to a merchant for a proposed... |
| 4877947 |
Transaction processing system |
| Oct-31-1989 |
A transaction processing system using a prepaid microchip card includes a customer's microchip card reader/writer for communicating with a customer's microchip card in which a balance is recorded, and... |
| 4794530 |
Credit settlement and ticketing terminal system |
| Dec-27-1988 |
A credit settlement and ticketing terminal system comprises a terminal unit for issuing request information, and a central unit for performing a processing for ticketing a ticket or the like by referring... |
| 4747049 |
Point of sale device for the collection of sales data |
| May-24-1988 |
A self-contained intelligent point of sale device for the collection of sales data on presentation of a valid identification card, the device comprising a microprocessor having a memory and a buffer, a... |
| 4727243 |
Financial transaction system |
| Feb-23-1988 |
A financial transaction system makes use of an automated terminal or terminals in communication with a host computer which is capable of accessing any of a number of institutionalized or private label... |
