TRANSACTIONAL APPARATUS

• US 20110264502A1
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: NTF Group Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: NTF Group Pty Limited
• Inventors: Nelson, Joan, Taylor, Greg
• Application Number:
  US13/126,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20110264502A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 17/00193 Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00225 Vending machine or POS (Point Of Sale) apparatus

Abstract

A transactional apparatus for providing user identification such as a purchaser of goods or services at a Point of Sale (POS) with a reward, or providing an identity transaction of a user in say a Post Office or retailer of postal services. The apparatus comprises a device (1) remote from the POS adapted to capture and derive transactional information data relating to the user whereby to provide user identification based on the transactional information data.

Claims

1. Apparatus for providing user identification associated with a Point of Sale (POS), comprising a device remote from the POS adapted to capture and derive transactional information data relating to the user whereby to provide user identification based on the transactional information data.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, the device comprising a stand-alone device for processing the transactional information data and a scanner.

3. Apparatus according to claim 2, the device comprising a kiosk.

4. Apparatus according to claim 3, the said device and scanner being integral.

5. Apparatus according to claim 4, the scanner comprising an OCR scanner.

6. Apparatus according to claim 4, the scanner comprising a web cam device.

7. Apparatus according to claim 1, the device comprising a touch screen.

8. Apparatus according to claim 7, comprising OCR software adapted for decoding the transactional information data and provide a reward to a user.

9. Apparatus according to claim 8, the reward comprising a message on the touch screen.

10. Apparatus according to claim 8, the reward comprising a coupon printed by the device.

11. Apparatus according to claim 10, the coupon being readable by a suitably programmed POS to process the reward.

12. Apparatus according to claim 3, the device being adapted to provide an identity transaction of a user of the apparatus.

13. Apparatus according to claim 12, the kiosk comprising an interactive touch screen for providing a scanning sequence using the scanner to provide user identification.

14. Apparatus according to claim 13, adapted to provide a verified user identification means.

15. Apparatus according to claim 14, the means comprising a bar-coded means.

16. Apparatus according to claim 14, the means comprising a printed copy of a scanned user identification document or documents.

17. Apparatus according to claim 14, and a postal device for receiving mail from a verified user.

18. Apparatus according to claim 1, the mail being selected from the group comprising parcels, packages and the like and the postal device comprising a drop-off box.

19. Apparatus according to claim 17, the drop-off box being adjacent the device.

20. Apparatus according to claim 17, comprising means for weighing and/or dimensioning mail.

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