Method and apparatus for validating credit information during home delivery of order
March 30, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesCredit card verifier Transaction approval system Card authorization terminal system in which one terminal transmits data to a designated other terminal Credit authorization terminal with circuitry to service plural customers in parallel Portable authentification system Method and apparatus for validating credit information during home delivery of order Core computer processor module, and peripheral shell module assembled to form a pocket size data capture unit Patent #: 5227614 InventorApplicationNo. 039850 filed on 03/30/1993US Classes:705/41, Having programming of a portable memory device (e.g., IC card, "electronic purse")235/375, SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS235/380, Credit or identification card systems235/381, With vending235/385, Inventory705/24Specified transaction journal output feature (e.g., printed receipt, voice output, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Hajec, Donald T.Assistant: Chin, Peter Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06K 005/00AbstractA method and apparatus for delivering an order to a home and utilizing credit information to verify and accept payment for the order. The method and apparatus verify credit information on site at the door of a home contemporaneously with delivery of an order. | |
