SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN A SELF-SERVICE LIBRARY TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A self-service library terminal comprising:
- a reader arranged to read identifications on articles involved in library loan transactions;
a payment apparatus arranged to receive payment from a borrower; and
,a controller, wherein the controller is arranged to process signals from the reader corresponding to the identifications read by the reader, wherein the controller is arranged to interact with the payment apparatus in order to process financial transactions related to the library loan transactions, and wherein the controller is arranged to remind the borrower of the borrower'"'"'s account status.
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Abstract
A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal.
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25 Claims
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1. A self-service library terminal comprising:
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a reader arranged to read identifications on articles involved in library loan transactions; a payment apparatus arranged to receive payment from a borrower; and
,a controller, wherein the controller is arranged to process signals from the reader corresponding to the identifications read by the reader, wherein the controller is arranged to interact with the payment apparatus in order to process financial transactions related to the library loan transactions, and wherein the controller is arranged to remind the borrower of the borrower'"'"'s account status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A self-service library terminal comprising:
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a reader that reads identifications on books involved in library loan transactions; a payment receiver that receives payments associated with the loan transactions; and
,a controller that processes the identifications read by the reader and the payments received by the payment receiver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method implemented by a self-service library terminal comprising:
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reading an identification on a book involved in a library loan transaction; reading a payment from a payment card; processing the identification to determine an identification of the book involved in the loan transaction; and
,processing the payment in relation to the loan transaction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A self-service library terminal comprising:
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a reader arranged to read identifications on articles involved in library loan transactions; a payment apparatus arranged to receive payment from a borrower for fines related to overdue articles; and
,a controller, wherein the controller is arranged to process signals from the reader corresponding to the identifications read by the reader, and wherein the controller is arranged to interact with the payment apparatus in order to process the fines related to the library loan transactions. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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