Change-based transactions for an electronic kiosk
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1. A method comprising:
- selecting a first transaction from a plurality of transactions offered by an electronic kiosk;
executing the first transaction via the electronic kiosk resulting in a change amount;
selecting a second transaction from the plurality of transactions offered by the electronic kiosk; and
executing the second transaction via the electronic kiosk using the change amount to fund the second transaction.
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Abstract
A variety of products and services can be integrated into and offered for purchase by an electronic kiosk. An electronic kiosk can accept funds for an initial transaction and the can apply any resulting amount of change from the initial transaction to a second transaction. The transactions can involve products and services and can be amount-based transactions or account-based transactions.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting a first transaction from a plurality of transactions offered by an electronic kiosk;
executing the first transaction via the electronic kiosk resulting in a change amount;
selecting a second transaction from the plurality of transactions offered by the electronic kiosk; and
executing the second transaction via the electronic kiosk using the change amount to fund the second transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a transaction management module that selects a first and second transaction from a plurality of transactions offered by a electronic kiosk; and
a transaction processing module that executes the first transaction resulting in a change amount in the electronic kiosk and executes the second transaction using the change amount to fund the second transaction.
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24. A computer program product encoding a computer program for a computer process that executes on a computer system the computer process comprising:
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selecting a first transaction from a plurality of transactions offered by an electronic kiosk;
executing the first transaction via the electronic kiosk resulting in a change amount;
selecting a second transaction from the plurality of transactions offered by the electronic kiosk; and
executing the second transaction via the electronic kiosk using the change amount to fund the second transaction.
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