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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6883706 | Point-of-sale bill authentication The invention includes systems, methods and program products for providing real-time point-of-sale paper currency, i.e., bill, authentication and recordation. The invention provides a point-of-sale terminal capable of real-time authentication and recordation of pape... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6811078 | Point-of-transaction machine with improved versatility and related method A point-of-transaction machine that allows global users to reach all aspects of their finances, from their brokerage account to their banks, mortgage accounts, credit card accounts and more. Unlike conventional ATMs where you can only reach your bank account(s), the... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6726101 | Electronic transaction terminal system A transaction system (104, 144) includes a customer station (116, 146) and a service provider station (112, 148). Items such as medical items, are passed between the service provider and the customer station through item transport devices (11... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6065675 | Processing system and method for a heterogeneous electronic cash environment A heterogeneous stored-value system which offers interoperability among a number of proprietary payment card brands with differing fee structures. The system makes use of existing settlement practices and fee structures to increase the amount of commerce ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6010066 | Portable terminal device with stackable IC cards slot opening A portable terminal device for electronic money IC cards containing monetary data therein, includes in a main body (10): a card slot opening (12, or 12 and 13) into which a plurality of electronic money IC cards (100 and 110, or 100, 110 and 120) are inse... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5686713 | Apparatus and method for allowing a money order purchase via an ATM An apparatus and method for allowing a money order purchase via an ATM including a money acceptor and dispenser for receiving and generating money, respectively. Also included is an ATM card reader for receiving a card with a magnetic strip having an acco... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5451757 | Apparatus and method for controlled access to a secured location A system for authorizing access to a secured device, such as an automated teller machine (ATM) or a pay telephone, without a key or combination for the secured device, and without a fixed communication link extending to the device. An encoded access messa... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5436435 | Automated financial system An automated financial system (6) includes a plurality of wall-mounted user interface units (10, 12, 14) and a central module system (8), including a plurality of modules (40, 42, 46, 48) such as may be employed in a conventional ATM, located in a safe ar... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5389773 | Self-service system having transaction predictive capability and method of using A self-service system, such as an automated teller machine (ATM) system, uses predictive technology. When a user begins a transaction by inserting an identification card into a card reader of an ATM, the predictive technology predicts which service or ser... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5321242 | Apparatus and method for controlled access to a secured location A system for authorizing access to a secured device, such as an automated teller machine (ATM) or a pay telephone, without a key or combination for the secured device, and without a fixed communication link extending to the device. An encoded access messa... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5214269 | Method for performing transaction The content of a banking transaction inputted through a terminal of specifying the transaction is executed if the transaction has sufficient related financial evidence (for example balance). In turn, in the case that there is no financial evidence or insu... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5047613 | Arrangement for dispensing bank notes and goods An arrangement for dispensing bank notes includes card reader (15), first keyboard (11) and second keyboard (12). The card reader, the two keyboards and the requisite electronics are incorporated in a control panel (10) which is common to a cash dispenser... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4988849 | Financial transaction system A transaction processing system which includes apparatus for accepting a precontract including the amount of payment/deposit and delivery time of payment/deposit, cash counting apparatus for counting cash, a payment/deposit processing apparatus to be mani... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4729444 | Mobile security apparatus A method for and apparatus for the transfer of valuables from a collection point through an area accessible to the public to an armored vehicle is disclosed. A mobile security containment apparatus comprising a relatively heavy, handleless, and slow speed... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4721045 | Transport control system with linear motor drive A transport control system with linear motor drive applicable for cash transport in a bank. The system uses a main controller, a rail-path, a carrier adapted to be driven along the rail-path by linear motor drive, and a plurality of stator portions couple... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4697708 | Automatic bank note depositing and dispensing machine An automatic bank note depositing and dispensing machine includes a first detector for detecting when the number of bank notes in a container is smaller than a first prescribed number, a second detector for detecting when the number of bank notes in the c... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4665839 | Depository Disclosed is a depository wherein the deposit envelope is conveyed in an enclosed carrier from a deposit opening along an attack resistant passage to a remote opening to a vault. There a wall of the carrier moves, relative to the carrier, to displace the ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4638434 | Cash processing system A cash processing system comprises: a transaction terminal having an opening for taking out and putting in a cash, and means for demanding payment or receipt of the cash; cashier terminal which is provided separately from the transaction terminal to effec... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4620087 | Initialize control system in a cash processing system A cash processing system comprises: a wicket terminal having a take-out port for taking out the cash; a cashier terminal for disbursing the cash; a carrier path connecting the wicket terminal to the cashier terminal; a carrier which runs on the carrier pa... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4580040 | Teller-assisted, customer-operated ATM check cashing system A system of cashing checks which utilizes a customer-operated, automatic teller machine (ATM) in cooperation with a teller at a teller station. A document transport within the ATM is used to deliver the check and identification media to the teller. Data e... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4470730 | Pneumatic tube carrier and pneumatic tube conveyor station The pneumatic tube carrier comprises a belt conveyor with two conveyor belts (4, 5), the working faces (6, 7) of which extend in close proximity to each other from one end of the carrier to the other, for pulling, for example, a bundle of paper money (23)... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4411336 | Railway transport banking system Heavy-duty railway transport equipment for carrying out banking services between a teller terminal inside a bank and a customer terminal at a remote drive-up station visible to the teller, which transport equipment can accommodate heavy and bulky banking ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4352603 | Pneumatic tube system teller terminal construction A banking service pneumatic tube system teller terminal having a single conveyor tube. A carrier is transported in the system and is removable from the terminal housing formed of molded plastic material. The housing may be installed for carrier arrival ve... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4343574 | Pneumatic tube system customer terminal construction A customer terminal for a single conveyor tube banking service pneumatic tube system. The terminal has a cabinet which can be opened by unlocking and removing a hinged front member to expose system components and terminal mechanism. The carrier receive an... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4135684 | Single tube pneumatic banking system The customer station or terminal of a pneumatic carrier system for drive-up banking and the like employing a single interconnecting tube features a horizontally disposed, tubular carrier receiver connected at one end to the tube and slotted adjacent its o... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4059246 | Pneumatic tube banking system A pneumatic tube system for conducting banking transactions with a non-captive carrier traveling between a bank teller terminal in a two-tube carrier conveyor connected with a remote customer terminal with visual communication between the teller and the c... | 11/22/1977 |
| 3964577 | Automated handling system for bank deposit boxes In a system for the automatic programmed handling of coded safety deposit boxes and other objects having book receiving members and stored in a storage room having rows of shelves, the improvement which comprises stacking means movable along said shelves ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3949364 | Automatic remote banking system and equipment A banking system, equipment and operations are provided which dispense cash at an unmanned station from a money vault unit at a remote station to a customer who verifies his identity at the unmanned station. The system and equipment also may accept deposi... | 04/06/1976 |
