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7114650 Retail products storage and dispensing apparatus and method  
To improve space utilization at checkout counters, some preferred embodiments of the present invention employ a retail product storage and dispensing device located beneath the check-out counter....
7111777 Universal charity card system  
A universal charity card system having a universal charity card which identifies a customer-benefactor and a charity by coded information. A merchant computer system which reads the universal...
7111780 Automated drug substitution, verification, and reporting system  
An integrated pharmacy system receives prescription information, creates a substitution reference list identifying the requested medical item and a plurality of equivalent medical items,...
7108171 Methods of temporarily providing digital content to a customer  
There are methods of temporarily providing digital content to a customer based on a request for a desired digital content. At a point of sale, a writeable optically-readable medium may be provided...
7110954 Wireless purchase and on-line inventory apparatus and method for vending machines  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for wireless purchase of merchandise from a vending machine by using a cellular mobile phone. The present invention permits a cellular...
7108180 Vending machine with electronic payment media  
One of a number of automatic vending machines run by one or more operators accepts payment for the goods it dispenses by creditable and debitable cash card, also called smart card. The machine...
7110981 Method and system for providing integrated brokerage and other financial services through customer activated terminals  
A method and system for providing integrated financial services including brokerage services through an ATM network permits trading of securities, portfolio evaluation, security price evaluation,...
7107249 Electronic identifier payment systems and methods  
Systems and methods for accepting payments for goods and services provided by a consumer provider. The methods can include associating consumers and consumer providers with a payment provider. The...
7104447 Parking meters, systems and methods of parking enforcement  
Parking meters detect presence of vehicles in monitored parking spaces and obtain images of license plates. A parking enforcement system communicates with the parking meters and manages use of...
7103577 Systems and methods for staging transactions, payments and collections  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for staging transactions and facilitating payments by consumers to a lender or merchant to consummate a financial transaction and/or to maintain...
7100823 Coin selector with a smart card charging function  
A coin selector is provided with a charging function for smart cards and coins. A coin selector is provided with a smart card charging function comprising of a coin slot which is located at the...
7100818 Self-service terminal  
A self service terminal ( 10 ) and method of operating a self-service terminal ( 10 ) having a user interface ( 14 ) for interacting with a user ( 12 ). The terminal ( 10 ) includes a sensing...
7100822 Lottery system  
A computer based lottery which allows entries to be sold over the telephone, by ATM or POS machines, by email, or via kiosks, in which participants are invited to choose at least one unique number...
7096205 Systems and methods for enrolling consumers in goods and services  
Systems and methods for enrolling consumers in goods and services offered by a consumer provider are disclosed herein. Various of the methods include providing an enrollment system and displaying...
7093755 Automated will call system  
A will call system for automating the management of storage and retrieval of items, preferably medical prescriptions. The automated system provides informational control of all items in the system....
7092916 Electronic identifier payment system and methods  
A payment service method and system involve a payment service provider, a customer/payor and a consumer provider/payee. The customer/payor enrolls in the service and is provided a unique identifier...
7086586 System and method for a card payment program providing mutual benefits to card issuers and cardholders based on financial performance  
The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for a card payment instrument providing that a share of program profits above a pre-designated level is returned to participating consumers...
7086589 Smart connections  
The invention provides a method of controlling access to an object ( 16 ), such as a product for sale. The object ( 16 ) or its packaging ( 110 ) is secured, for example to a sales console ( 12,68...
7085727 Movie rental and notification system  
An automated movie rental and notification system includes a computer having a movie database containing hold and reservation lists and movie records. The system receives rental requests, each...
7083088 Method and apparatus for dispensing flexible cards  
A support unit supports a plurality of flexible cards arranged in a stack. A pickup unit adjacent to the stack of flexible cards attracts a first card from the stack of cards, bending the flexible...
7083081 Electronic card and ticket and methods for their use  
A method for issuing tickets proceeds by selecting an inactive ticket that includes an identifier. Payment is provided for the ticket, and the identifier and a payment amount is entered into a...
7085556 Vending machine  
A system includes a communications network, a first communication device connected to the communications network, and a vending machine. The vending machine includes a retrieving device for...
7083084 System and method for managing stored-value card data  
A computerized system and method for managing stored-value card data over a communications network between a plurality of terminals and a central processor is provided. Each of the terminals is...
7073710 Method of purchasing refill units online  
A method of purchasing value units required for utilizing a paid function of a software program residing on a first computer. The method includes the first computer initiating an order with a...
7070096 Portable liquid dispensing station  
As a mobile equipment for supplying fuels, serving also for storing and purchase of other kinds of liquids, like drinking water etc., there is designed a liquid dispensing station provided with...
7066386 Loading apparatus for card type recording mediums  
A loading apparatus for card type recording mediums comprises a first loading section for receiving a first IC card and a second loading section for receiving a second IC card, the first loading...
7066392 Multimedia connector reader device  
The present invention provides a multimedia connector reader device, wherein when a portable digital device is plugged into a connector interface within a holder slot, functionality of a...
7055740 Stored-value card adapted to be read by an electronic device  
A stored-value card including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface stores data adapted to be read by an electronic device to perform at least one interactive activity. The second...
7058581 System and method of distributing and returning products  
The present invention comprises a product distribution and return system which includes a return mailer dispensed with a product from a vending machine. The product is returnable in the return...
7044367 Cash dispensing automated banking machine with a trim cap linkage system and method  
An automated banking machine ( 10 ) is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia ( 50 ) in operative connection with a frame ( 110 ). The machine may include a plurality of...
7047202 Method and apparatus for optimizing networking potential using a secured system for an online community  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for users to search networks, both their own network and their peers' networks, all under the umbrella of a “multiple level access”...
7044369 Method and system for purchasing items  
A customer station for use in an items' purchasing system in a supermarket or other retail store is presented. The customer station has an identification assembly, a control unit, a data...
7042356 Equipment monitoring method and apparatus  
A system for controlling and monitoring usage of equipment comprises an electronic key for controlling operation of the equipment and a central storage location for a plurality of keys. Access to...
7040535 Vending machine  
When any one of the commodities displayed in commodity image display areas is sold out during an operation of a vending machine, a substitute commodity for a sold-out commodity is selected from...
7036721 Method and apparatus for autonomous validation of issued scrip media  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for autonomously validating issued scrip media is disclosed. In response to a cashout command, a cashout value is magnetically and visibly recorded...
7036724 System for enhancing the data storage security of cash-free transactions in vending machines  
A vending machine has a nonvolatile data storage device for storing transactions with customers. The customers may use a number of cashless options to make purchases from the vending machine,...
7036722 Automatic transaction machine  
When a user cancels a transaction associated with a deposit at an automatic transaction machine, information on the account for which the transaction is intended is sent to a host computer. When...
7034323 Method and device for performing a test for acceptability of bank notes by automatic vending machines  
In order to provide a procedure and a device that will enable the, at least partially, automated acceptance of bank notes that can be realized in an acceptable cost range and that will enable the...
7035821 Methods and apparatus for processing cash advance requests  
Methods and apparatus for processing cash advance requests are described. In one embodiment, the system includes a data repository, and a process management and workflow system coupled to the data...
7032819 Method and system for purchasing personal recording media  
A system for purchasing a personal recording media includes a first station for converting at least one data composition and a data information corresponding thereto to predetermined signals and...
7031804 Vending machine with transponder interrogator  
A vending machine includes a transponder interrogator. A customer carries a transponder embedded within an ornamental or useful item, such as a key chain ornament. When the customer desires to make...
7028889 Media cassette and media dispenser having the same  
A media cassette includes a casing mounted on a mounting portion of a media dispenser, having a stack space in which media are stacked. A discharging slot is formed in the casing for discharging...
7025258 Ball bearing actuation mechanism  
A ball bearing actuation mechanism includes a circular gauge wheel rotatably mounted in an interior chamber of a housing below an inlet passage and adjacent to outlet and overflow discharge...
7025255 Application service provider and automated transaction machine system and method  
An application service provider (ASP) and automated transaction machine method and system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of individually accessible server side ATM...
7025259 Device for customizing and dispensing contactless smart tickets  
A device for the customization and automatic dispensing of single smart contactless tickets provided with a device to check the reliability of tickets and a device to customize the tickets, and...
7021536 Retail consumer information methods and retail consumer information system  
A customer e-label apparatus and method includes an electronic tag for storing information electronically. A device for writing information on the electronic tag at the point of sale of an item to...
7024395 Method and system for secure credit card transactions  
A customer making a credit card transaction inserts their smart card into a card reader attached to the merchant's system. The card reader activates the customer's card and passes certain merchant...
7017805 Radio frequency identifiers in game tickets  
Game ticketing systems and methods provide for the use of radio frequency identifiers (RFIDs). Game tickets such as instant lottery tickets include a substrate having game data and a removable mask...
7020633 Method and system for merchant processing of purchase card transactions with expanded card type acceptance  
Systems and methods for merchant processing of purchase card transactions with expanded card type acceptance are provided. For each merchant, a record is maintained of each card type that the...
7014107 Wireless payment processing system  
The transaction method is for secure payment by credit cards or debit cards for goods or services with the use or mobile devices. The payment authorization center delivers a public portion of the...