Instantaneous settlement apparatus
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1. An instantaneous settlement apparatus having:
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
a customer operation section inputting customer authentication information according to an operation of a customer;
an amount input section inputting a sales amount;
a receipt output section printing to output a receipt showing the sales amount; and
a communication section performing communication with the outside, settlement of a transaction being performed via the communication section, characterized in that;
the communication section performs an inquiry of an account balance of the customer to receive account balance information; and
the apparatus comprises a balance output section outputting an account balance based upon the account balance information received by the communication section.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an instantaneous settlement apparatus which settles a purchase of a customer at the spot of the purchase using a debit card and informs the customer of an account balance and an account transaction history.
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16 Claims
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1. An instantaneous settlement apparatus having:
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
a customer operation section inputting customer authentication information according to an operation of a customer;
an amount input section inputting a sales amount;
a receipt output section printing to output a receipt showing the sales amount; and
a communication section performing communication with the outside, settlement of a transaction being performed via the communication section, characterized in that;
the communication section performs an inquiry of an account balance of the customer to receive account balance information; and
the apparatus comprises a balance output section outputting an account balance based upon the account balance information received by the communication section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
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8. An instantaneous settlement apparatus having:
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
a customer operation section inputting customer authentication information according to an operation of the customer;
an amount input section inputting a sales amount;
a receipt output section printing to output a receipt showing the sales amount; and
a communication section performing communication with the outside, settlement of a transaction being performed via the communication section, characterized by comprising;
a balance inquiry operation section instructing inquiry of an account balance according to an operation; and
a balance output section outputting an account balance based upon account balance information obtained by performing inquiry of an account balance.
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
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9. An instantaneous settlement apparatus having:
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
a customer operation section inputting customer authentication information according to an operation of the customer;
an amount input section inputting a sales amount;
a receipt output section printing to output a receipt showing the sales amount; and
a communication section performing communication with the outside, settlement of a transaction being performed via the communication section, characterized in that;
the communication section performs an inquiry of an account transaction history of the customer to receive account transaction history information; and
the apparatus comprises a history output section outputting an account transaction history based upon the account transaction history information received by the communication section. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
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16. An instantaneous settlement apparatus having:
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
a customer operation section inputting customer authentication information according to an operation of the customer;
an amount input section inputting a sales amount;
a receipt output section printing to output a receipt showing the sales amount; and
a communication section performing communication with the outside, settlement of a transaction being performed via the communication section, characterized by comprising;
a history inquiry operation section instructing inquiry of an account transaction history according to an operation; and
a history output section outputting an account transaction history based upon account transaction history information obtained by performing inquiry of an account transaction history.
- a card reading section reading information recorded in a debit card owned by a customer and associated with a bank account of the customer;
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