Flexible time-based disablement of equipment

• US 20090198603A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Payment Protection Systems, Inc. (Sekurus, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Payment Protection Systems, Inc. (Sekurus, Inc.)
• Inventors: Simon, Mike P., Simon, Frank C., Bugden, Earl, Karmel, Clayton R.
• Application Number:
  US12/068,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20090198603A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0042 for hiring of objects

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for assuring the payment according to a repayment schedule of an obligation for using equipment by a device on the equipment. A subset of a plurality reference codes is selected. The current time and date and time are maintained. Reference codes in the subset are assigned to a specific time interval, wherein the specific time interval is a portion of a time period corresponding to repayment schedule of the obligation for using the equipment. The subset of the plurality of codes, the specific individual time interval to which each code is assigned, and the time period is stored. A user code is received via an interface. The received user code is compared to the subset of reference codes, the current time, current date, and time period corresponding to repayment schedule of the obligation. Based on the results of the comparison the equipment is disabled.

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