Storing information recorded as part of a financial transaction with a quantity of data stored determined by a monetary value of the transaction
First Claim
1. A method for storing information recorded as part of a financial transaction, wherein said method comprises:
- a) determining a monetary value of said financial transaction;
b) generating computer readable signals representing said information;
c) determining a quantity of data to represent said computer readable signals, wherein said quantity of data is decreased when said monetary value of said financial transaction is lower than a threshold monetary value; and
d) storing data representing said quantity of data.
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Abstract
A point of sale terminal includes an input device, for reading information to be stored as part of a financial transaction, and a storage device in which data derived from the information is stored, with the amount of data stored being determined by the financial value of the transaction. The terminal may include a document scanner providing an image of a check or of another form of identification associated with a check, and a digitizing tablet, which provides an indication of movement of a pen or stylus to form a signature. The terminal may also include optical character recognition, which is used to obtain a name and address from the check, which is also stored according to the value of the check.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for storing information recorded as part of a financial transaction, wherein said method comprises:
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a) determining a monetary value of said financial transaction;
b) generating computer readable signals representing said information;
c) determining a quantity of data to represent said computer readable signals, wherein said quantity of data is decreased when said monetary value of said financial transaction is lower than a threshold monetary value; and
d) storing data representing said quantity of data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing a check, wherein said method comprises:
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a) determining a monetary value of said check;
b) scanning said check to generate computer readable signals representing an image of said check;
c) reading ferromagnetic indicia on said check;
d) determining a number of pixels to represent said computer readable signals, wherein said number of pixels is decreased when said monetary value of said check is lower than a first threshold monetary value;
e) storing data representing said quantity of data as a bitmap; and
f) storing data representing said ferromagnetic indicia and said monetary value of said check. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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16. A system for processing a financial transaction, wherein said system comprises:
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a storage device;
first input means for processing purchases associated with said financial transaction;
second input means for generating computer readable signals representing information to be recorded as part of said financial transaction; and
a processor programmed to;
determine a monetary value of said financial transaction in response to inputs from said first input means, determine a quantity of data to represent said computer readable signals from said second input means, wherein said quantity of data is decreased when said monetary value of said financial transaction is lower than a first threshold monetary value, and store data in said storage device representing said quantity of data.
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20. A computer readable medium having stored thereon an application program, wherein said application program includes instructions for execution within a processor to cause said processor to perform steps of:
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determining a monetary value of a financial transaction in response to processing transactions associated with said financial transaction, determining a quantity of data to represent computer readable signals representing information recorded as part of said financial transaction, wherein said quantity of data is decreased when said monetary value of said financial transaction is lower than a first threshold monetary value, and storing data representing said quantity of data in a storage device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 24)
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23. A computer readable medium having stored thereon data representing each check within a plurality of checks, wherein
said data is stored within first and second data structures, said second data structure contains a bitmap representing a number of pixels derived from an image of each check within said plurality of checks, said number of pixels is determined according to a monetary value of said check for each check within said plurality of checks, and said first data structure comprises: -
a first field containing data representing a transaction date for each check within a plurality of checks, a second field containing data representing said monetary value of each check within said plurality of checks, a third field containing data representing an account number for each check within said plurality of checks, a fourth field containing data representing a check number for each check within said plurality of checks, and a fifth field containing data representing a pointer to a bitmap stored within said second data structure for each check within said plurality of checks.
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Specification